Welcome! Today, we're exploring structs in Go. Structs are critical for grouping related data. For instance, a library book has properties such as the title, author, and publication year; these can all be represented using a struct in Go. Our goal is to understand how to define, create, and utilize structs in Go.
Structs in Go collate related data, thereby facilitating code organization. Many real-world objects can be modeled as structs.
Creating a struct involves producing a custom type with a set of associated properties, referred to as fields. For example, a Book
struct can contain fields like Title
, Author
, and Year
. The declaration of these fields aligns with the pattern fieldName fieldType
.
Let's implement it:
Now, we have a Book
type that includes associated data, marking it as a unique, custom type.
Once you've defined a struct, creating an instance of it is straightforward:
