Range references instead values

Question

I saw that range returns the key and the \"copy\" of the value. Is there a way for that range to return the adress of the item? Example

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Answer 1

It's been said in the comments already, but for those looking for answers right away, here's how you can achieve expected result by using a slice of pointers and by making the least changes to the original code.

package main

import "fmt"

type MyType struct {
    field string
}

func main() {
    // Slice of pointers instead of slice of type
    var array [10]*MyType

    // Initialize array manually
    for idx := range array {
        array[idx] = &MyType{}
    }

    for _, e := range array {
        e.field = "foo"
    }

    for _, e := range array {
        fmt.Println(e.field)
        fmt.Println("--")
    }

}

Here it is in playground

Answer 2

package main

import "fmt"

type MyType struct {
    field string
}

func main() {
    var array [10]MyType

    for index := range array {
        array[index].field = "foo"
    }

    for _, e := range array {
        fmt.Println(e.field)
        fmt.Println("--")
    }
}

Answer 3

The short & direct answer: no, use the array index instead of the value

So the above code becomes:

package main

import "fmt"

type MyType struct {
    field string
}

func main() {
    var array [10]MyType

    for idx, _ := range array {
        array[idx].field = "foo"
    }

    for _, e := range array {
        fmt.Println(e.field)
        fmt.Println("--")
    }
}