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Integer Conversions: Unicode vs. String Values

Explore how to convert integers to strings in Go by comparing the string() function that maps to Unicode code points with strconv methods that convert values to string representations. Understand using the unicode package to identify printable characters and filter data efficiently.

We can convert an integer value into a string in two main ways: using string() and using a function from the strconv package. However, the two methods are fundamentally different.

Converting from int to string

The string() function converts an integer value into a Unicode code point, which is a single character, whereas functions such as strconv.FormatInt() and ...