Golang : Convert []string to []byte examples
Problem :
You need a fast way to convert a []string to []byte type. To use in situations such as storing text data into a random access file or other type of data manipulation that requires the input data to be in []byte type.
Solutions :
Example 1:
package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
)
func main() {
stringSlice := []string{"hello", "bye"}
stringByte := "\x00" + strings.Join(stringSlice, "\x20\x00") // x20 = space and x00 = null
fmt.Println([]byte(stringByte))
fmt.Println(string([]byte(stringByte)))
}
Output :
[0 104 101 108 108 111 32 0 98 121 101]
hello bye
Example 2:
package main
import (
"bytes"
"encoding/gob"
"fmt"
)
func main() {
stringSlice := []string{"hello", "bye"}
buffer := &bytes.Buffer{}
gob.NewEncoder(buffer).Encode(stringSlice)
byteSlice := buffer.Bytes()
fmt.Printf("%q\n", byteSlice)
fmt.Println("---------------------------")
backToStringSlice := []string{}
gob.NewDecoder(buffer).Decode(&backToStringSlice)
fmt.Printf("%v\n", backToStringSlice)
}
Output :
[12 255 129 2 1 2 255 130 0 1 12 0 0 14 255 130 0 2 5 104 101 108 108 111 3 98 121 101]
[hello bye]
By Adam Ng
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