How to find the type of an object in Go?

Question

How do I find the type of an object in Go? In Python, I just use typeof to fetch the type of object. Similarly in Go, is there a way to implement the same ?

Answer 1

You can check the type of any variable/instance at runtime either using the "reflect" packages TypeOf function or by using fmt.Printf():

package main

import (
   "fmt"
   "reflect"
)

func main() {
    value1 := "Have a Good Day"
    value2 := 50
    value3 := 50.78

    fmt.Println(reflect.TypeOf(value1 ))
    fmt.Println(reflect.TypeOf(value2))
    fmt.Println(reflect.TypeOf(value3))
    fmt.Printf("%T",value1)
    fmt.Printf("%T",value2)
    fmt.Printf("%T",value3)
}