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Understanding Go Maps
Maps in Go are unordered key-value data structures. They are created using the built-in `map` keyword with syntax `map[KeyType]ValueType`. You can add entries using bracket notation, check for existence using the comma-ok idiom, delete entries with the `delete()` function, and iterate over all entries with `range`. Maps return the zero value for missing keys.
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package mainimport "fmt"func main() {scores := map[string]int{"Alice": 95,"Bob": 87,"Charlie": 92,}scores["Diana"] = 88if score, exists := scores["Bob"]; exists {fmt.Printf("Bob's score: %d\n", score)}delete(scores, "Charlie")for name, score := range scores {fmt.Printf("%s: %d\n", name, score)}}
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scores := map[string]int{
Declares a map with string keys and int values
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"Alice": 95,
Initializes with three key-value pairs
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scores["Diana"] = 88
Adds a new entry to the map
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if score, exists := scores["Bob"]; exists {
Comma-ok idiom checks if key exists and retrieves value
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delete(scores, "Charlie")
Removes an entry from the map
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for name, score := range scores {
Iterates over all key-value pairs