Go - Miscellaneous Operators
There are a few other important operators supported by Go Language including sizeof and ?:.
| Operator | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| & | Returns the address of a variable. | &a; provides actual address of the variable. |
| * | Pointer to a variable. | *a; provides pointer to a variable. |
Example
Try following example to understand all the miscellaneous operators available in Go programming language −
package main
import "fmt"
func main() {
var a int = 4
var b int32
var c float32
var ptr *int
/* example of type operator */
fmt.Printf("Line 1 - Type of variable a = %T\n", a );
fmt.Printf("Line 2 - Type of variable b = %T\n", b );
fmt.Printf("Line 3 - Type of variable c= %T\n", c );
/* example of & and * operators */
ptr = &a /* 'ptr' now contains the address of 'a'*/
fmt.Printf("value of a is %d\n", a);
fmt.Printf("*ptr is %d.\n", *ptr);
}
When you compile and execute the above program it produces the following result −
Line 1 - Type of variable a = int Line 2 - Type of variable b = int32 Line 3 - Type of variable c= float32 value of a is 4 *ptr is 4.
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