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Go Programming - From Beginner to Professional - Second Edition

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Product type Book
Published in Mar 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803243054
Pages 680 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Samantha Coyle Samantha Coyle
Profile icon Samantha Coyle

Table of Contents (30) Chapters

Preface Part 1: Scripts
Chapter 1: Variables and Operators Chapter 2: Command and Control Chapter 3: Core Types Chapter 4: Complex Types Part 2: Components
Chapter 5: Functions – Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle Chapter 6: Don’t Panic! Handle Your Errors Chapter 7: Interfaces Chapter 8: Generic Algorithm Superpowers Part 3: Modules
Chapter 9: Using Go Modules to Define a Project Chapter 10: Packages Keep Projects Manageable Chapter 11: Bug-Busting Debugging Skills Chapter 12: About Time Part 4: Applications
Chapter 13: Programming from the Command Line Chapter 14: File and Systems Chapter 15: SQL and Databases Part 5: Building For The Web
Chapter 16: Web Servers Chapter 17: Using the Go HTTP Client Part 6: Professional
Chapter 18: Concurrent Work Chapter 19: Testing Chapter 20: Using Go Tools Chapter 21: Go in the Cloud Index Other Books You May Enjoy

CSV

One of the most common ways a file is structured is as a comma-separated value. This is a clear-text file that contains data, which is basically represented as rows and columns. Frequently, these files are used to exchange data. A CSV file has a simple structure. Each piece of data is separated by a comma and then a new line for another record. An example of a CSV file is as follows:

firstName, lastName, age
Celina, Jones, 18
Cailyn, Henderson, 13
Cayden, Smith, 42

You will, at some point in your life, come across CSV files as they are very common. The Go programming language has a standard library that is used for handling CSV files: encoding/csv:

package main
import (
    "encoding/csv"
    "fmt"
    "io"
    "log"
    "strings"
)
func main() {
    in := `firstName, lastName, age
Celina, Jones, 18
Cailyn...
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