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Sorting in Golang with sort Package
The standard library of Golang provides a package that we can use if we want to sort arrays, slices, or even custom types. In this article, we will discover three main functions that we can use if we want to sort a slice in Golang. We will also see how we can create a custom sort function and custom comparator.
Let's first check how we can sort a slice of integer, float64 and string values.
Example
Consider the code shown below.
package main
import (
"fmt"
"sort"
)
func main() {
integerSlice := []int{3, 2, 14, 9, 11}
sort.Ints(integerSlice)
fmt.Println("After sorting", integerSlice)
floatSlice := []float64{2.32, 9.87, 1.98, 0.88}
sort.Float64s(floatSlice)
fmt.Println("After sorting", floatSlice)
stringSlice := []string{"mukul", "shreya", "naman"}
sort.Strings(stringSlice)
fmt.Println(stringSlice)
}In the above code, we have used the following three functions of the sort package
sort.Ints
sort.Float64s
sort.Strings
Output
If we run the command go run main.go on the above code, then we will get the following output in the terminal.
After sorting [2 3 9 11 14] After sorting [0.88 1.98 2.32 9.87] [mukul naman shreya]
Sorting with a custom comparator
Example
We can define a custom comparator also in case we want to sort a struct in Go. Consider the code shown below.
package main
import (
"fmt"
"sort"
)
type Person struct {
name string
age int
}
func main() {
people := []Person{{"Mukul", 24}, {"Deepak", 26}, {"Mayank", 24}}
fmt.Println("Before sorting", people)
// sorting on the basis of age
sort.Slice(people, func(i, j int) bool {
return people[i].age < people[j].age
})
fmt.Println("After sorting1", people)
// sorting on the basis of name
sort.Slice(people, func(i, j int) bool {
return people[i].name < people[j].name
})
fmt.Println("After sorting2", people)
}Output
If we run the command go run main.go on the above code, then we will get the following output in the terminal.
Before sorting [{Mukul 24} {Deepak 26} {Mayank 24}]
After sorting1 [{Mukul 24} {Mayank 24} {Deepak 26}]
After sorting2 [{Deepak 26} {Mayank 24} {Mukul 24}]
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