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There are cases where we would want to know if the URL that we got from an http request in the form of a string is even valid or not. In such cases, one can use two functions that the net/url package of Go's standard library provides.Example 1The first basic case is to check if the URL is well structured and a valid one, and for that, we can use the ParseRequestURI() function of the URL package.Consider the code shown below.package main import (    "fmt"    "net/url" ) func main() {    u, err := url.ParseRequestURI("http://golangcode.com")   ... Read More

Splitting a string means being able to get a part of a string, and that part can either be based on a position or a character in the string.In Go, if we want to split a string on the basis of positions, we can make use of the [ ] (square brackets) and then pass the indices in them separated by a colon.SyntaxConsider the syntax shown below.sl[startingIndex : EndingIndex]It should be noted that the element at the EndingIndex in the slice won't be considered, as the range is from startingIndex to (EndingIndex−1).Example 1Now, let's consider an example where we will ... Read More

There may be instances in Golang where the execution of different goroutines may cause unexpected behaviour. In such cases, we want to make sure that certain goroutines work in a predefined manner and the program waits for all goroutines that are launched from the main function to wait. To do that, we use of WaitGroups.WaitGroups allow us to tackle the problem mentioned above as they block the code until any goroutines within the WaitGroup has been successfully executed.A WaitGroup has three exported methods that we make use of. These are −Add(int) – Increases the counter.Wait() – Blocks the execution until ... Read More

In order to understand why mutex in Go play a significant role to write better and accurate concurrent programs, we must first be aware of the concept called Race Conditions. Let's first understand what Race conditions are and how we can write a concurrent program that features a race condition and how we can then introduce mutex in that program to make it accurate.Race ConditionA race condition is a condition in which multiple goroutines are trying to access and modify the same resource. It could be the case that one goroutines is trying to increase a value of a particular ... Read More

There are often cases where we would want to perform a particular task after a specific interval of time repeatedly. In Golang, we achieve this with the help of tickers.We can use them with goroutines as well so that we can run these tasks in the background of our application without breaking the flow of the application.The function that we use in tickers is the NewTicker() function which takes time as an argument and we can supply seconds and even milliseconds in it.Example 1The following example demonstrates how we can use a ticker in Golang. Consider the code shown below.package ... Read More

Reflection in Golang is about getting to know the data types of the data that we are dealing with at runtime. There are often certain scenarios where we would want to know the data type of a certain variable that we are getting at runtime or something similar.With the help of reflection, we can extract the type, values and kind of any data type in Golang.In this article, we will explore different third-party functions that are used in reflection.Example 1 – reflect.TypeOf()It is used to return the value of type reflect. In simple words, it is used to know what ... Read More

Before discussing signals and how to handle them, let's talk about a common scenario of creating a signal. A signal can be passed from the terminal, by either terminating the program with the help of CTRL+C or we can by default call the Exit() function that the os package provides us with.Example 1Let's consider an example where we will call the os.Exit() function just after a function declaration that has been deferred.Consider the code shown below.package main import (    "fmt"    "os"    "time" ) func main() {    defer func() {       fmt.Println("Inside the ... Read More

Timeouts play an important role when we don't want to wait for the output for some goroutines that are taking more time than what they should take. It should be noted that Go directly doesn't support timeouts, but we can implement them without any difficulty.Let's suppose we have a case where we want to receive some value from a channel ch, but we don't want to wait for more than 3 seconds for the value to arrive. If we get the output after the required 3 seconds, then we want to discard it and print a different message instead of waiting for ... Read More

In this article, we will see the differences and similarities that are there between a slice that is declared as an empty and a nil slice.Slices in Golang are used to store a sequence of elements. Slices can be expanded at any time and they are declared in the same way as an array, but without their capacity defined.Nil SliceA nil slice is a slice in which while declaring, we simply define the name and the data type and not make use of the built-in make function.A nil slice is a slice that has nil as its zero value and ... Read More

In this article, we will learn what similarities and differences are there between functions and methods in Golang. We will start with each of them separately, and then we will see an example where both of them will be used.Let's start with functions and see what they are and how to use them in Golang.Functions in GolangFunctions in Golang are a block of code that take a few parameters as input and produce some output. If we pass in the same input to a function, it will produce the same output as always.Example 1In this example, we are creating a ... Read More