How to use strconv.FormatUint() Function in Golang

Golang `strconv.FormatUnit()` function

The FormatUint() function is a strconv package built-in function that returns the string representation of an unsigned integer i in a given base, where the base can range from 2 to 36. For digit values greater than 10, the lower-case letters ‘a’ to ‘z’ are returned.

Syntax

func FormatUint(i uint64, base int) string

Parameters

i: An unsigned integer value that will be converted to a string
base: is the base of the given value.

Return value

The strconv.FormatUint() function returns the string representation of i in a given base(2 <= base <= 36).

Code

The following code shows how to implement the strconv.FormatUint() function in Golang.

// Golang program to illustrate
// strconv.FormatUint() Function
package main
import (
	"fmt"
	"strconv"
)
func main() {
  // declaring variable y as unsigned integer
  var y uint64
  // declaring variable res as string type
  var res string
	// assigning value
	y = 28
	//  Finds the string representation
    // of y value in the base 2
	// stores the result in variable res
	res = strconv.FormatUint(y, 2)
	// display result
	fmt.Printf("\nVariable y is a Type %T", res)
	fmt.Printf("\nResult is %v\n", res)
	// reassigning value 
	y = 102
	//  Finds the string representation
    // of y value in the base 16
	// stores the result in variable res
	res = strconv.FormatUint(y, 16)
	// display result
	fmt.Printf("\nReassign value of y\n")
	fmt.Printf("\nVariable y is a Type %T", res)
	fmt.Printf("\nResult is %v", res)
}