Example
To get a value from the map, you just have to do something like:00
value := mapName[ key ]
If the map contains the key, it returns the corresponding value.
If not, it returns zero-value of the map's value type (0 if map of int values, "" if map of string values...)
m := map[string]string{"foo": "foo_value", "bar": ""}
k := m["foo"] // returns "foo_value" since that is the value stored in the map
k2 := m["bar"] // returns "" since that is the value stored in the map
k3 := m["nop"] // returns "" since the key does not exist, and "" is the string type's zero value
To differentiate between empty values and non-existent keys, you can use the second returned value of the map access (using like value, hasKey := map["key"]).
This second value is boolean typed, and will be:
truewhen the value is in the map,falsewhen the map does not contains the given key.
Look at the following example:
value, hasKey = m[ key ]
if hasKey {
// the map contains the given key, so we can safely use the value
// If value is zero-value, it's because the zero-value was pushed to the map
} else {
// The map does not have the given key
// the value will be the zero-value of the map's type
}
