Loops

For Loop

package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
	sum := 0
	for i := 1; i < 10; i++ {
		sum += i
	}
	fmt.Println(sum)
}

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While Loop (or just For Loop)

If we only have the middle statement of the for loop (condition), then the for loop behaves like a while loop as in other languages.

package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
	power := 1
	for power < 4 {
		power *= 3
	}
	fmt.Println(power)
}

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If we go one step further, removing the condition will result in an infinite loop.

package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
	sum := 0
	for { // infinite loop!
		sum++ 
	}
	fmt.Println(sum) // unreachable code
}

Range Keyword in For Loops

Syntax:

for key, value := range collection {
    // statements
}

Example1 - Array:

package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
	langs := []string{"Go", "C", "C++", "Java"}
	for i, s := range langs {
		fmt.Println(i, s)
	}
}

0 Go
1 C
2 C++
3 Java

Example2 - String:

package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
	for i, s := range "Oliver" {
		fmt.Printf("%U represents %c and it is at position %d\n", s, s, i)
	}
}

U+004F represents O and it is at position 0
U+006C represents l and it is at position 1
U+0069 represents i and it is at position 2
U+0076 represents v and it is at position 3
U+0065 represents e and it is at position 4
U+0072 represents r and it is at position 5

Example3 - Map:

In Go, range on map iterates over key/value pairs. It can also iterate over just the keys of a map.

package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
	fruits := map[string]string{"A": "Apple", "B": "Banana", "C": "Cherry"}
	// iterate over key value pairs
	for key, value := range fruits {
		fmt.Printf("%s -> %s\n", key, value)
	}
	// iterate over the keys
	for key := range fruits {
		fmt.Println("Key: ", key)
	}
}

A -> Apple
B -> Banana
C -> Cherry
Key:  A
Key:  B
Key:  C

Example3 - Channel*(Discussed Later):

package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
	ch := make(chan string)
	go func() {
		ch <- "O"
		ch <- "L"
		ch <- "I"
		ch <- "V"
		ch <- "E"
		ch <- "R"
		close(ch)
	}()
	for n := range ch {
		fmt.Print(n)
	}
}

OLIVER