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I have a struct like this

type EPMEmote struct {
    EmoteID   string
    EmoteCode string
    EPM       int64
}

inside this map

map[string]EPMEmote

I can add stuff easily like this:

bot.epm[pmsg.Emotes[0].Name] = EPMEmote{
            EmoteCode: pmsg.Emotes[0].Name,
            EmoteID:   pmsg.Emotes[0].ID,
            EPM:       1,
        }

but I can't increase the value of EPM when I check beforehand if the value exists

_, exists := bot.epm[pmsg.Emotes[0].Name]
    if exists {
        bot.epm[pmsg.Emotes[0].Name].EPM++
    }

Why does the compiler throw the error

cannot assign to bot.epm[pmsg.Emotes[0].Name].EPM

What am I doing wrong?

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You must first assign the struct to a variable, update the value and then store it back in the map again:

e, exists := bot.epm[pmsg.Emotes[0].Name]
    if exists {
        e.EPM++
        bot.epm[pmsg.Emotes[0].Name] = e
    }

You can find more details here: Access Struct in Map (without copying)

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