Reading an integer from standard input

Question

How do I use the fmt.Scanf function in Go to get an integer input from the standard input?

If this can\'t be done using fmt.Scanf, what\'s

Answer 1

You can use fmt.Scanf with a format specifier. The format specifier for the integer is %d. So you can use standard input like below.

func main() {
    var someVar int
    fmt.Scanf("%d", &someVar)
}

or else you can use fmt.Scan or fmt.Scanln as below.

func main() {
   var someVar int
   fmt.Scanln(&someVar)
}