How to create a key as array in Go for map. For example in ruby I can implement it such:
quarters = {
[1, 2, 3] => 'First quarter',
[4, 5, 6] => 'Second quarter',
[7, 8 ,9] => 'Third quarter',
[10, 11, 12] => 'Fourh quarter',
}
quarters[[1, 2, 3]]
# => "First quarter"
How the same will be looked in Golang ?
Array types (unlike slices) in Go are comparable, so there is nothing magical in it: you can just define it like any other maps: map[KeyType]ValueType where KeyType will be [3]int and ValueType will be string.
The comparison operators == and != must be fully defined for operands of the key type; thus the key type must not be a function, map, or slice.
m := map[[3]int]string{}
m[[3]int{1, 2, 3}] = "First quarter"
m[[3]int{4, 5, 6}] = "Second quarter"
m[[3]int{7, 8, 9}] = "Third quarter"
m[[3]int{10, 11, 12}] = "Fourth quarter"
fmt.Println(m)
Output:
map[[1 2 3]:First quarter [4 5 6]:Second quarter
[7 8 9]:Third quarter [10 11 12]:Fourth quarter]
Try it on the Go Playground.
To query an element:
fmt.Println(m[[3]int{1, 2, 3}]) // Prints "First quarter"
You can also create the map in one step:
m := map[[3]int]string{
[3]int{1, 2, 3}: "First quarter",
[3]int{4, 5, 6}: "Second quarter",
[3]int{7, 8, 9}: "Third quarter",
[3]int{10, 11, 12}: "Fourth quarter",
}
It should be noted that array in ruby and array in go are different data structures. Go array is not mutable, while ruby array is. Go slice is a lot more similar data structure to ruby array. However, you cannot use slices as keys in go, as pointed out in icza's answer.
So to answer your question:
How the same will be looked in Golang ?
It is impossible, you cannot have a dictionary that maps dynamic arrays to strings in go. However, you could convert slices to arrays and use them as keys, as very well explained by icza.
