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=Reading Documentation=
=Reading Documentation=
To read the package summary:
<pre>
go doc <package-name>
</pre>
To get the documentation for a package identifier (function name, type, etc):
<pre>
go doc <package-name> <identifier>
</pre>


=Package=
=Package=

Revision as of 00:50, 2 April 2016

Internal

Overview

Go generates in-line documentation for symbols in packages, via the go doc command.

Reading Documentation

To read the package summary:

go doc <package-name>

To get the documentation for a package identifier (function name, type, etc):

go doc <package-name> <identifier>

Package

go doc <package>

Function

go doc <package> <function-name>

Example:

go doc fmt Println


Writing Documentation