// We often need our programs to perform operations on // collections of data, like selecting all items that // satisfy a given predicate or mapping all items to a new // collection with a custom function. // In some languages it's idiomatic to use [generic](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_programming) // data structures and algorithms. Go does not support // generics; in Go it's common to provide collection // functions if and when they are specifically needed for // your program and data types. // Here are some example collection functions for slices // of `strings`. You can use these examples to build your // own functions. Note that in some cases it may be // clearest to just inline the collection-manipulating // code directly, instead of creating and calling a // helper function. package main import ( "fmt" "strings" ) // Index returns the first index of the target string `t`, or // -1 if no match is found. func Index(vs []string, t string) int { for i, v := range vs { if v == t { return i } } return -1 } // Include returns `true` if the target string t is in the // slice. func Include(vs []string, t string) bool { return Index(vs, t) >= 0 } // Any returns `true` if one of the strings in the slice // satisfies the predicate `f`. func Any(vs []string, f func(string) bool) bool { for _, v := range vs { if f(v) { return true } } return false } // All returns `true` if all of the strings in the slice // satisfy the predicate `f`. func All(vs []string, f func(string) bool) bool { for _, v := range vs { if !f(v) { return false } } return true } // Filter returns a new slice containing all strings in the // slice that satisfy the predicate `f`. func Filter(vs []string, f func(string) bool) []string { vsf := make([]string, 0) for _, v := range vs { if f(v) { vsf = append(vsf, v) } } return vsf } // Map returns a new slice containing the results of applying // the function `f` to each string in the original slice. func Map(vs []string, f func(string) string) []string { vsm := make([]string, len(vs)) for i, v := range vs { vsm[i] = f(v) } return vsm } func main() { // Here we try out our various collection functions. var strs = []string{"peach", "apple", "pear", "plum"} fmt.Println(Index(strs, "pear")) fmt.Println(Include(strs, "grape")) fmt.Println(Any(strs, func(v string) bool { return strings.HasPrefix(v, "p") })) fmt.Println(All(strs, func(v string) bool { return strings.HasPrefix(v, "p") })) fmt.Println(Filter(strs, func(v string) bool { return strings.Contains(v, "e") })) // The above examples all used anonymous functions, // but you can also use named functions of the correct // type. fmt.Println(Map(strs, strings.ToUpper)) }