How to use strings.FieldsFunc() in Golang

Golang strings.FieldFunc() function

In Golang, the FieldsFunc() function is a built-in function of the strings package. It splits a string into slices of substrings based on the given function.

Syntax

func FieldsFunc(str string, f func(rune) bool) []string

Parameters

  • str is the given string.
  • f is a function that checks all Unicode characters.

Return type

The return type of this function is a string.

Return value

The FieldsFunc() function returns a slice of substrings if the condition is satisfied.

Note: If the string is empty it returns an empty slice.

Code

The following code shows how to use the FieldsFunc() function:

Note: To access the string package’s functions, you must import the string and Unicode packages into your program.

package main
  
import (
    "fmt"
    "strings"
    "unicode"
)
  

// Golang program
// demostrating how to use strings.FieldsFunc() Function
  
package main
  
import (
    "fmt"
    "strings"
    "unicode"
)
  
func main() {
    myFunc := func(c rune) bool {
        return unicode.IsNumber(c)
    }
  
    // When a number is encountered, 
    // the FieldsFunc() method separates the string 
    // and returns all non-numbers.
    fmt.Printf("The Fields are: %q\n", 
       strings.FieldsFunc("This018is92a6shot179on89Golang864string34FieldFunc", myFunc))
}

Code explanation

  • Line 5: We add the main package.

  • Lines 7 to 11: We import the necessary packages in the Golang project.

  • Lines 13 to 24: We define the main() function. In the main, we create a function to find if the value is a number and the return value is assigned to the variable myFunc. Next, we pass the variable in the strings.FieldsFunc() function, which separates the string and returns all non-numbers when a number is encountered.

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