Create a map

One can declare and initialize a map in a single statement using a composite literal.

Using automatic type short variable declaration:

mapIntInt := map[int]int{10: 100, 20: 100, 30: 1000}
mapIntString := map[int]string{10: "foo", 20: "bar", 30: "baz"}
mapStringInt := map[string]int{"foo": 10, "bar": 20, "baz": 30}
mapStringString := map[string]string{"foo": "one", "bar": "two", "baz": "three"}

The same code, but with Variable types:

var mapIntInt = map[int]int{10: 100, 20: 100, 30: 1000}
var mapIntString = map[int]string{10: "foo", 20: "bar", 30: "baz"}
var mapStringInt = map[string]int{"foo": 10, "bar": 20, "baz": 30}
var mapStringString = map[string]string{"foo": "one", "bar": "two", "baz": "three"}

You can also include your own structs in a map:

You can use custom types as the value:

// Custom struct types
type Person struct {
  FirstName, LastName string
}

var mapStringPerson = map[string]Person{
  "john": Person{"John", "Doe"},
  "jane": Person{"Jane", "Doe"}}
mapStringPerson := map[string]Person{
  "john": Person{"John", "Doe"},
  "jane": Person{"Jane", "Doe"}}

Your struct can also be the key to the map:

type RouteHit struct {
    Domain string
    Route  string
}

var hitMap = map[RouteHit]int{
  RouteHit{"example.com","/home"}: 1,
  RouteHit{"example.com","/help"}: 2}
hitMap := map[RouteHit]int{
  RouteHit{"example.com","/home"}: 1,
  RouteHit{"example.com","/help"}: 2}

You can create an empty map simply by not entering any value within the brackets {}.

mapIntInt := map[int]int{}
mapIntString := map[int]string{}
mapStringInt := map[string]int{}
mapStringString := map[string]string{}
mapStringPerson := map[string]Person{}

You can create and use a map directly, without the need to assign it to a variable. However, you will have to specify both the declaration and the content.

// using a map as argument for fmt.Println()
fmt.Println(map[string]string{
  "FirstName": "John",
  "LastName": "Doe",
  "Age": "30"})

// equivalent to
data := map[string]string{
  "FirstName": "John",
  "LastName": "Doe",
  "Age": "30"}
fmt.Println(data)

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