Go Standard Library Cookbook

How to do it...

1. Open the console and create the folder chapter01/recipe03.
2. Navigate to the directory.
3. Create the main.go file with the following content:

        package main        import (          "flag"          "fmt"          "log"          "os"          "strings"        )        // Custom type need to implement        // flag.Value interface to be able to        // use it in flag.Var function.        type ArrayValue []string        func (s *ArrayValue) String() string {          return fmt.Sprintf("%v", *s)        }        func (a *ArrayValue) Set(s string) error {          *a = strings.Split(s, ",")          return nil        }        func main() {           // Extracting flag values with methods returning pointers          retry := flag.Int("retry", -1, "Defines max retry count")          // Read the flag using the XXXVar function.          // In this case the variable must be defined          // prior to the flag. var logPrefix ...