How to convert a rune to unicode-style-string like `\u554a` in Golang?

Question

If you run fmt.Println(\"\\u554a\"), it shows \'啊\'.

But how to get unicode-style-string \\u554a from a rune \'啊\' ?

Answer 1

I'd like to add to the answer that hardPass has.

In the case where the hex representation of the unicode is less that 4 characters (ü for example) strconv.FormatInt will result in \ufc which will result in a unicode syntax error in Go. As opposed to the full \u00fc that Go understands.

Padding the hex with zeros using fmt.Sprintf with hex formatting will fix this:

func RuneToAscii(r rune) string {
    if r < 128 {
        return string(r)
    } else {
        return fmt.Sprintf("\\u%04x", r)
    }
}

https://play.golang.org/p/80w29oeBec1