Hands-On System Programming with Go

Composite types

Beside the basic types, there are others, which are known as composite types. These are as follows:

Type	Description	Example
Pointer	The address in the memory of a variable	*int
Array	A container of the element of the same type with a fixed length	[2]int
Slice	Contiguous segment of an array	[]int
Map	Dictionary or associative array	map[int]int
Struct	A collection of fields that can have different types	struct{ value int }
Function	A set of functions with the same parameters and output	func(int, int) int
Channel	Type pipes that are used for the communication of elements of the same type	chan int
Interface	A specific collection of methods, with an underlying value that supports them	interface{}

 

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