The strings Package

Let’s learn about the strings package.

We'll cover the following

Creating global aliases
String comparisons
String searches
Tokenization
Splits and replacement
Let’s try our code

The strings standard Go package allows us to manipulate UTF-8 strings in Go and includes many powerful functions. Many of these functions are illustrated in the useStrings.go code file.

Note: If we are working with text and text processing, we definitely need to learn all the gory details and functions of the strings package, so let’s make sure that we experiment with all these functions and create many examples that will help us to clarify things.

Creating global aliases

The most important parts of useStrings.go are the following:

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Course Introduction

Introduction to Go

Basic Go Data Types

Composite Data Types

Reflection and Interfaces

Go Packages and Functions

Telling a UNIX System What to Do

Go Concurrency

Building Web Services

Working with TCP/IP and WebSocket

Working with REST APIs

Code Testing and Profiling

Working with gRPC

Go Generics

Conclusion

Appendix A—Go Garbage Collector

The strings Package

Creating global aliases