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Structs and Fields

Struct Definition

Struct Instances

Struct Methods

Access Struct Fields

Passing Structs as Pointers

Access Pointer Struct Fields

Arrays of Structs

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Structs and Fields

In Go, a group of related variables can be defined as a struct. Each variable within a struct is known as a field.

Structs in Go
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  1. 1
    Introduction
    We often have many variables related to each other, but managing using them all together can be a headache. Luckily, Go provides us with a way to group several variables into one custom data type. …
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  2. 2
    Defining a Struct
    We’ve just learned the importance of structs in grouping complex data types. But how do we define the structs we’ll use in our programs? In this exercise, we will introduce the syntax for defining …
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  3. 3
    Creating an Instance of a Struct
    We’ve defined our structs, but how do we create variables of that type? To use a struct we just defined, we have to create an instance of it. Assume we defined Point from the last exercise. We coul…
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  4. 4
    Accessing and Modifying Struct Variables
    We’ve defined our struct and created an instance, it’s time to use them. In this exercise, we will explore how to access and modify a struct’s variables. Let’s say we have an instance of the Stud…
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  5. 5
    Functions that Access a Struct
    We can use functions to capture logic involving our structs and simplify it. Structs will often have important operations that can be performed on them. For example, with a struct representing a …
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  6. 6
    Pointers to a Struct
    Without pointers, when a variable is passed into a function, only a copy of it is used inside the function. We can use pointers to modify values in our structs within a function. But how do we get …
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    Arrays of Structs
    What can we do when dealing with many structs of the same type? We can use them in an array together! Let’s say we want to create an array of the following points: {1, 1} {7, 27} {12, 7} {9, 25} W…
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  8. 8
    Nested Structs
    When we have complex groups of fields in our structs, they can be combined into their own struct! For example, in the Employee struct, we have two separate fields for the first and last name of the…
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  9. 9
    Review
    Good job on completing the module on struct in Go! You now have a strong understanding of how to create and use structs. Let’s review everything we went over. A group of related variables can be d…
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