Golang : Check if item is in slice/array
Problem :
You need to see if an item is inside a slice or array.
Solution :
Golang does not have any builtin function to do this for the moment(March 2015). You have to write a function to iterate over the list and check if the item exist or not in the list.
package main
import (
"fmt"
)
func printslice(slice []string) {
fmt.Println("slice = ", slice)
//for i := range slice {
// fmt.Println(i, slice[i])
//}
}
func stringInSlice(str string, list []string) bool {
for _, v := range list {
if v == str {
return true
}
}
return false
}
func main() {
strList := []string{"Hello", "World", "GoodBye", "World", "We", "Love", "Love", "You"}
printslice(strList)
if !stringInSlice("Save", strList) {
fmt.Println("The word Save is not in the list!")
}
if stringInSlice("Love", strList) {
fmt.Println("The word Love is in the list!")
}
}
Output :
slice = [Hello World GoodBye World We Love Love You]
The word Save is not in the list!
The word Love is in the list!
See also : Golang : Delete duplicate items from a slice/array
By Adam Ng
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