Golang : Check if element exist in map
Key based element search on a map is the most frequent method use to retrieve the associated value. However, there are times when a search will fail and cause panic if the element is not in the map at the first place. The codes below will show you how to check if an element exist in a map or not.
package main
import "fmt"
func main() {
cities := map[string]string{"city1": "New York", "city2": "Portland"}
// ok is boolean
value, ok := cities["city2"] // return value if found or ok=false if not found
if ok {
fmt.Println("value: ", value)
} else {
fmt.Println("key not found")
}
// try something else
if value, ok = cities["city3"]; ok {
fmt.Println("value: ", value)
} else {
fmt.Println("key not found")
}
}
Output :
value: Portland
key not found
Reference :
See also : Golang : How to delete element(data) from map ?
By Adam Ng
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