Go Types

Basic types are :

bool
 
string
 
int  int8  int16  int32  int64
uint uint8 uint16 uint32 uint64 uintptr
 
byte // alias for uint8
 
rune // alias for int32
     // represents a Unicode code point
 
float32 float64
 
complex64 complex128

Formatting

• %T will show the type
• %v will take the value as literal

Conversion

For converting from one type to another, I can pass in the type to be transformed from as a argument into the type to be transformed to.

func main(){
 var six int = 6
 six_float32 := float32(6)
}

Inference

when using implicit declaration via := or var = the type will be inferred based on what value is on the right hand side. for eg:

• i := 1 // Int
  j := 1.00002 // float64 by default float values
  k := 1-2i // complex128 by default complex values