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==Indexing Operator==
==Indexing Operator==


Indexing operator <tt>[[Go Concepts - Operators#.5B.5D|[]]]</tt> returns the value corresponding to the specified key. If the key does not exist, the zero value for the value type is returned.
Indexing operator <tt>[[Go Concepts - Operators#.5B.5D|[]]]</tt> returns the value corresponding to the specified key. If the key does not exist, the [[Go Concepts - The Type System#Zero_Value|zero value]] for the value type is returned.

Revision as of 02:29, 28 March 2016

Internal

Overview

A map is an unordered collection of key-value pairs.

Declaration

Long Declaration

var map_identifier map[key_type]value_type

Example of a map of string to ints:

var m map[string]int

Short Declaration

Map Operators and Functions

Indexing Operator

Indexing operator [] returns the value corresponding to the specified key. If the key does not exist, the zero value for the value type is returned.