package main import "fmt" func main() { // Creating arrays of 6 elements of type int var array1 = [6]int{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} // the compiler will derive the size of the array var array2 = [...]int{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} fmt.Println("array1:", array1) fmt.Println("array2:", array2) // Creating arrays with default values inside: zeros := [8]int{} // Create a list of 8 int filled with 0 ptrs := [8]*int{} // a list of int pointers, filled with 8 nil references ( <nil> ) emptystr := [8]string{} // a list of string filled with 8 times "" fmt.Println("zeroes:", zeros) // > [0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0] fmt.Println("ptrs:", ptrs) // > [<nil> <nil> <nil> <nil> <nil> <nil> <nil> <nil>] fmt.Println("emptystr:", emptystr) // > [ ] // values are empty strings, separated by spaces, // so we can just see separating spaces // Arrays are also working with a personalized type type Data struct { Number int Text string } // Creating an array with 8 'Data' elements // All the 8 elements will be like {0, ""} (Number = 0, Text = "") structs := [8]Data{} fmt.Println("structs:", structs) // > [{0 } {0 } {0 } {0 } {0 } {0 } {0 } {0 }] // prints {0 } because Number are 0 and Text are empty; separated by a space }