Extracting substrings in Go












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I'm trying to read an entire line from the console (including whitespace), then process it. Using bufio.ReadString, the newline character is read together with the input, so I came up with the following code to trim the newline character:



input,_:=src.ReadString('n')
inputFmt:=input[0:len(input)-2]+"" //Need to manually add end of string


Is there a more idiomatic way to do this? That is, is there already a library that takes care of the ending null byte when extracting substrings for you?



(Yes, I know there is already a way to read a line without the newline character in go readline -> string but I'm looking more for elegant string manipulation.)










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    I'm trying to read an entire line from the console (including whitespace), then process it. Using bufio.ReadString, the newline character is read together with the input, so I came up with the following code to trim the newline character:



    input,_:=src.ReadString('n')
    inputFmt:=input[0:len(input)-2]+"" //Need to manually add end of string


    Is there a more idiomatic way to do this? That is, is there already a library that takes care of the ending null byte when extracting substrings for you?



    (Yes, I know there is already a way to read a line without the newline character in go readline -> string but I'm looking more for elegant string manipulation.)










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      I'm trying to read an entire line from the console (including whitespace), then process it. Using bufio.ReadString, the newline character is read together with the input, so I came up with the following code to trim the newline character:



      input,_:=src.ReadString('n')
      inputFmt:=input[0:len(input)-2]+"" //Need to manually add end of string


      Is there a more idiomatic way to do this? That is, is there already a library that takes care of the ending null byte when extracting substrings for you?



      (Yes, I know there is already a way to read a line without the newline character in go readline -> string but I'm looking more for elegant string manipulation.)










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      I'm trying to read an entire line from the console (including whitespace), then process it. Using bufio.ReadString, the newline character is read together with the input, so I came up with the following code to trim the newline character:



      input,_:=src.ReadString('n')
      inputFmt:=input[0:len(input)-2]+"" //Need to manually add end of string


      Is there a more idiomatic way to do this? That is, is there already a library that takes care of the ending null byte when extracting substrings for you?



      (Yes, I know there is already a way to read a line without the newline character in go readline -> string but I'm looking more for elegant string manipulation.)







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          It looks like you're confused by the working of slices and the string storage format, which is different from what you have in C.




          • any slice in Go stores the length (in bytes), so you don't have to care about the cost of the len operation : there is no need to count

          • Go strings aren't null terminated, so you don't have to remove a null byte, and you don't have to add 1 after slicing by adding an empty string.


          To remove the last char (if it's a one byte char), simply do



          inputFmt:=input[:len(input)-1]





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            You don't even need the 0 (or the :), s = s[:len(s)-1] will do.

            – uriel
            Sep 7 '12 at 15:06








          • 1





            Thanks a lot for clarifying; it appears that there were two whitespace characters at the end of the string returned from the ReadString function, so I mistook one for a null byte. Sorry for the confusion with C strings; I was using fmt together with bufio resulting in funny stuff appearing in the console, so I thought it could be the dirty null byte. Just a final clarification - what could that extra whitespace from ReadString be?

            – mark2222
            Sep 8 '12 at 14:32













          • Ok I'll answer my own question - it's r then n :P The funny console output was because I outputted r without n.

            – mark2222
            Sep 8 '12 at 14:37








          • 5





            Please note that this method will not work with Unicode strings! groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/golang-nuts/ZeYei0IWrLg/…

            – Melllvar
            Aug 24 '13 at 0:02











          • @Melllvar That's why I precised "if it's a one byte char". If you want to remove a char taking more than one byte (that's not OP's case), you have to adapt.

            – Denys Séguret
            Aug 24 '13 at 7:16





















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          Go strings are not null terminated, and to remove the last char of a string you can simply do:



          s = s[:len(s)-1]





          share|improve this answer



















          • 4





            This is incorrect and will cause bugs. This strips the last byte off the string, which may render it invalid UTF-8 (or other multibyte encoding).

            – dr. Sybren
            Oct 24 '17 at 10:53






          • 2





            See play.golang.org/p/K3HBBtj4Oi for an example of how this breaks.

            – dr. Sybren
            Oct 24 '17 at 11:04



















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          To avoid a panic on a zero length input, wrap the truncate operation in an if



          input, _ := src.ReadString('n')
          var inputFmt string
          if len(input) > 0 {
          inputFmt = input[:len(input)-1]
          }
          // Do something with inputFmt





          share|improve this answer































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            To get substring




            1. find position of "sp"


            2. cut string with array-logical



            https://play.golang.org/p/0Redd_qiZM






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              This is the simple one to perform substring in Go



              package main

              import "fmt"

              var p = fmt.Println

              func main() {

              value := "address;bar"

              // Take substring from index 2 to length of string
              substring := value[2:len(value)]
              p(substring)

              }





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                It looks like you're confused by the working of slices and the string storage format, which is different from what you have in C.




                • any slice in Go stores the length (in bytes), so you don't have to care about the cost of the len operation : there is no need to count

                • Go strings aren't null terminated, so you don't have to remove a null byte, and you don't have to add 1 after slicing by adding an empty string.


                To remove the last char (if it's a one byte char), simply do



                inputFmt:=input[:len(input)-1]





                share|improve this answer





















                • 7





                  You don't even need the 0 (or the :), s = s[:len(s)-1] will do.

                  – uriel
                  Sep 7 '12 at 15:06








                • 1





                  Thanks a lot for clarifying; it appears that there were two whitespace characters at the end of the string returned from the ReadString function, so I mistook one for a null byte. Sorry for the confusion with C strings; I was using fmt together with bufio resulting in funny stuff appearing in the console, so I thought it could be the dirty null byte. Just a final clarification - what could that extra whitespace from ReadString be?

                  – mark2222
                  Sep 8 '12 at 14:32













                • Ok I'll answer my own question - it's r then n :P The funny console output was because I outputted r without n.

                  – mark2222
                  Sep 8 '12 at 14:37








                • 5





                  Please note that this method will not work with Unicode strings! groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/golang-nuts/ZeYei0IWrLg/…

                  – Melllvar
                  Aug 24 '13 at 0:02











                • @Melllvar That's why I precised "if it's a one byte char". If you want to remove a char taking more than one byte (that's not OP's case), you have to adapt.

                  – Denys Séguret
                  Aug 24 '13 at 7:16


















                94














                It looks like you're confused by the working of slices and the string storage format, which is different from what you have in C.




                • any slice in Go stores the length (in bytes), so you don't have to care about the cost of the len operation : there is no need to count

                • Go strings aren't null terminated, so you don't have to remove a null byte, and you don't have to add 1 after slicing by adding an empty string.


                To remove the last char (if it's a one byte char), simply do



                inputFmt:=input[:len(input)-1]





                share|improve this answer





















                • 7





                  You don't even need the 0 (or the :), s = s[:len(s)-1] will do.

                  – uriel
                  Sep 7 '12 at 15:06








                • 1





                  Thanks a lot for clarifying; it appears that there were two whitespace characters at the end of the string returned from the ReadString function, so I mistook one for a null byte. Sorry for the confusion with C strings; I was using fmt together with bufio resulting in funny stuff appearing in the console, so I thought it could be the dirty null byte. Just a final clarification - what could that extra whitespace from ReadString be?

                  – mark2222
                  Sep 8 '12 at 14:32













                • Ok I'll answer my own question - it's r then n :P The funny console output was because I outputted r without n.

                  – mark2222
                  Sep 8 '12 at 14:37








                • 5





                  Please note that this method will not work with Unicode strings! groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/golang-nuts/ZeYei0IWrLg/…

                  – Melllvar
                  Aug 24 '13 at 0:02











                • @Melllvar That's why I precised "if it's a one byte char". If you want to remove a char taking more than one byte (that's not OP's case), you have to adapt.

                  – Denys Séguret
                  Aug 24 '13 at 7:16
















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                94







                It looks like you're confused by the working of slices and the string storage format, which is different from what you have in C.




                • any slice in Go stores the length (in bytes), so you don't have to care about the cost of the len operation : there is no need to count

                • Go strings aren't null terminated, so you don't have to remove a null byte, and you don't have to add 1 after slicing by adding an empty string.


                To remove the last char (if it's a one byte char), simply do



                inputFmt:=input[:len(input)-1]





                share|improve this answer















                It looks like you're confused by the working of slices and the string storage format, which is different from what you have in C.




                • any slice in Go stores the length (in bytes), so you don't have to care about the cost of the len operation : there is no need to count

                • Go strings aren't null terminated, so you don't have to remove a null byte, and you don't have to add 1 after slicing by adding an empty string.


                To remove the last char (if it's a one byte char), simply do



                inputFmt:=input[:len(input)-1]






                share|improve this answer














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                • 7





                  You don't even need the 0 (or the :), s = s[:len(s)-1] will do.

                  – uriel
                  Sep 7 '12 at 15:06








                • 1





                  Thanks a lot for clarifying; it appears that there were two whitespace characters at the end of the string returned from the ReadString function, so I mistook one for a null byte. Sorry for the confusion with C strings; I was using fmt together with bufio resulting in funny stuff appearing in the console, so I thought it could be the dirty null byte. Just a final clarification - what could that extra whitespace from ReadString be?

                  – mark2222
                  Sep 8 '12 at 14:32













                • Ok I'll answer my own question - it's r then n :P The funny console output was because I outputted r without n.

                  – mark2222
                  Sep 8 '12 at 14:37








                • 5





                  Please note that this method will not work with Unicode strings! groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/golang-nuts/ZeYei0IWrLg/…

                  – Melllvar
                  Aug 24 '13 at 0:02











                • @Melllvar That's why I precised "if it's a one byte char". If you want to remove a char taking more than one byte (that's not OP's case), you have to adapt.

                  – Denys Séguret
                  Aug 24 '13 at 7:16
















                • 7





                  You don't even need the 0 (or the :), s = s[:len(s)-1] will do.

                  – uriel
                  Sep 7 '12 at 15:06








                • 1





                  Thanks a lot for clarifying; it appears that there were two whitespace characters at the end of the string returned from the ReadString function, so I mistook one for a null byte. Sorry for the confusion with C strings; I was using fmt together with bufio resulting in funny stuff appearing in the console, so I thought it could be the dirty null byte. Just a final clarification - what could that extra whitespace from ReadString be?

                  – mark2222
                  Sep 8 '12 at 14:32













                • Ok I'll answer my own question - it's r then n :P The funny console output was because I outputted r without n.

                  – mark2222
                  Sep 8 '12 at 14:37








                • 5





                  Please note that this method will not work with Unicode strings! groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/golang-nuts/ZeYei0IWrLg/…

                  – Melllvar
                  Aug 24 '13 at 0:02











                • @Melllvar That's why I precised "if it's a one byte char". If you want to remove a char taking more than one byte (that's not OP's case), you have to adapt.

                  – Denys Séguret
                  Aug 24 '13 at 7:16










                7




                7





                You don't even need the 0 (or the :), s = s[:len(s)-1] will do.

                – uriel
                Sep 7 '12 at 15:06







                You don't even need the 0 (or the :), s = s[:len(s)-1] will do.

                – uriel
                Sep 7 '12 at 15:06






                1




                1





                Thanks a lot for clarifying; it appears that there were two whitespace characters at the end of the string returned from the ReadString function, so I mistook one for a null byte. Sorry for the confusion with C strings; I was using fmt together with bufio resulting in funny stuff appearing in the console, so I thought it could be the dirty null byte. Just a final clarification - what could that extra whitespace from ReadString be?

                – mark2222
                Sep 8 '12 at 14:32







                Thanks a lot for clarifying; it appears that there were two whitespace characters at the end of the string returned from the ReadString function, so I mistook one for a null byte. Sorry for the confusion with C strings; I was using fmt together with bufio resulting in funny stuff appearing in the console, so I thought it could be the dirty null byte. Just a final clarification - what could that extra whitespace from ReadString be?

                – mark2222
                Sep 8 '12 at 14:32















                Ok I'll answer my own question - it's r then n :P The funny console output was because I outputted r without n.

                – mark2222
                Sep 8 '12 at 14:37







                Ok I'll answer my own question - it's r then n :P The funny console output was because I outputted r without n.

                – mark2222
                Sep 8 '12 at 14:37






                5




                5





                Please note that this method will not work with Unicode strings! groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/golang-nuts/ZeYei0IWrLg/…

                – Melllvar
                Aug 24 '13 at 0:02





                Please note that this method will not work with Unicode strings! groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/golang-nuts/ZeYei0IWrLg/…

                – Melllvar
                Aug 24 '13 at 0:02













                @Melllvar That's why I precised "if it's a one byte char". If you want to remove a char taking more than one byte (that's not OP's case), you have to adapt.

                – Denys Séguret
                Aug 24 '13 at 7:16







                @Melllvar That's why I precised "if it's a one byte char". If you want to remove a char taking more than one byte (that's not OP's case), you have to adapt.

                – Denys Séguret
                Aug 24 '13 at 7:16















                16














                Go strings are not null terminated, and to remove the last char of a string you can simply do:



                s = s[:len(s)-1]





                share|improve this answer



















                • 4





                  This is incorrect and will cause bugs. This strips the last byte off the string, which may render it invalid UTF-8 (or other multibyte encoding).

                  – dr. Sybren
                  Oct 24 '17 at 10:53






                • 2





                  See play.golang.org/p/K3HBBtj4Oi for an example of how this breaks.

                  – dr. Sybren
                  Oct 24 '17 at 11:04
















                16














                Go strings are not null terminated, and to remove the last char of a string you can simply do:



                s = s[:len(s)-1]





                share|improve this answer



















                • 4





                  This is incorrect and will cause bugs. This strips the last byte off the string, which may render it invalid UTF-8 (or other multibyte encoding).

                  – dr. Sybren
                  Oct 24 '17 at 10:53






                • 2





                  See play.golang.org/p/K3HBBtj4Oi for an example of how this breaks.

                  – dr. Sybren
                  Oct 24 '17 at 11:04














                16












                16








                16







                Go strings are not null terminated, and to remove the last char of a string you can simply do:



                s = s[:len(s)-1]





                share|improve this answer













                Go strings are not null terminated, and to remove the last char of a string you can simply do:



                s = s[:len(s)-1]






                share|improve this answer












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                answered Sep 7 '12 at 15:10









                urieluriel

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                • 4





                  This is incorrect and will cause bugs. This strips the last byte off the string, which may render it invalid UTF-8 (or other multibyte encoding).

                  – dr. Sybren
                  Oct 24 '17 at 10:53






                • 2





                  See play.golang.org/p/K3HBBtj4Oi for an example of how this breaks.

                  – dr. Sybren
                  Oct 24 '17 at 11:04














                • 4





                  This is incorrect and will cause bugs. This strips the last byte off the string, which may render it invalid UTF-8 (or other multibyte encoding).

                  – dr. Sybren
                  Oct 24 '17 at 10:53






                • 2





                  See play.golang.org/p/K3HBBtj4Oi for an example of how this breaks.

                  – dr. Sybren
                  Oct 24 '17 at 11:04








                4




                4





                This is incorrect and will cause bugs. This strips the last byte off the string, which may render it invalid UTF-8 (or other multibyte encoding).

                – dr. Sybren
                Oct 24 '17 at 10:53





                This is incorrect and will cause bugs. This strips the last byte off the string, which may render it invalid UTF-8 (or other multibyte encoding).

                – dr. Sybren
                Oct 24 '17 at 10:53




                2




                2





                See play.golang.org/p/K3HBBtj4Oi for an example of how this breaks.

                – dr. Sybren
                Oct 24 '17 at 11:04





                See play.golang.org/p/K3HBBtj4Oi for an example of how this breaks.

                – dr. Sybren
                Oct 24 '17 at 11:04











                8














                To avoid a panic on a zero length input, wrap the truncate operation in an if



                input, _ := src.ReadString('n')
                var inputFmt string
                if len(input) > 0 {
                inputFmt = input[:len(input)-1]
                }
                // Do something with inputFmt





                share|improve this answer




























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                  To avoid a panic on a zero length input, wrap the truncate operation in an if



                  input, _ := src.ReadString('n')
                  var inputFmt string
                  if len(input) > 0 {
                  inputFmt = input[:len(input)-1]
                  }
                  // Do something with inputFmt





                  share|improve this answer


























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                    To avoid a panic on a zero length input, wrap the truncate operation in an if



                    input, _ := src.ReadString('n')
                    var inputFmt string
                    if len(input) > 0 {
                    inputFmt = input[:len(input)-1]
                    }
                    // Do something with inputFmt





                    share|improve this answer













                    To avoid a panic on a zero length input, wrap the truncate operation in an if



                    input, _ := src.ReadString('n')
                    var inputFmt string
                    if len(input) > 0 {
                    inputFmt = input[:len(input)-1]
                    }
                    // Do something with inputFmt






                    share|improve this answer












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                        To get substring




                        1. find position of "sp"


                        2. cut string with array-logical



                        https://play.golang.org/p/0Redd_qiZM






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                          2














                          To get substring




                          1. find position of "sp"


                          2. cut string with array-logical



                          https://play.golang.org/p/0Redd_qiZM






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                            2







                            To get substring




                            1. find position of "sp"


                            2. cut string with array-logical



                            https://play.golang.org/p/0Redd_qiZM






                            share|improve this answer













                            To get substring




                            1. find position of "sp"


                            2. cut string with array-logical



                            https://play.golang.org/p/0Redd_qiZM







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                                This is the simple one to perform substring in Go



                                package main

                                import "fmt"

                                var p = fmt.Println

                                func main() {

                                value := "address;bar"

                                // Take substring from index 2 to length of string
                                substring := value[2:len(value)]
                                p(substring)

                                }





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                                  This is the simple one to perform substring in Go



                                  package main

                                  import "fmt"

                                  var p = fmt.Println

                                  func main() {

                                  value := "address;bar"

                                  // Take substring from index 2 to length of string
                                  substring := value[2:len(value)]
                                  p(substring)

                                  }





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                                    This is the simple one to perform substring in Go



                                    package main

                                    import "fmt"

                                    var p = fmt.Println

                                    func main() {

                                    value := "address;bar"

                                    // Take substring from index 2 to length of string
                                    substring := value[2:len(value)]
                                    p(substring)

                                    }





                                    share|improve this answer













                                    This is the simple one to perform substring in Go



                                    package main

                                    import "fmt"

                                    var p = fmt.Println

                                    func main() {

                                    value := "address;bar"

                                    // Take substring from index 2 to length of string
                                    substring := value[2:len(value)]
                                    p(substring)

                                    }






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