Go gotcha: Can't change entries in range loop
Why isn't the slice updated in this example?
s := []int{1, 1, 1}
for _, n := range s {
n += 1
}
fmt.Println(s)
// Output: [1 1 1]Answer
The range loop copies the values from the slice to a local variable n; updating n will not affect the slice.
Update the slice entries like this:
s := []int{1, 1, 1}
for i := range s {
s[i] += 1
}
fmt.Println(s)
// Output: [2 2 2]See Range loops (for each loops) explained for all about range loops in Go.
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