I have been looking to expand my software engineer skills and wanted to check out Golang. I enjoy the process of optimizing code and trying to get as much performance out of a program as possible. I have been working so much with Python lately that I thought I would try something new.
This little Go program is mostly for me to practice the syntax and get a feel for the language.
Here are a couple of code snippets from the program:
// This is how libraries are imported
import (
"fmt" // module for printing
"goTestProgram/functions" // format: name "path" (name can be anything)
)// this function prompts the user for their name
func getName() string { // local functions use camelCase
fmt.Println("Enter your name: ")
var name string
fmt.Scan(&name)
return name
}// this function greets the user with their name
func GreetUser() string {
name := getName() // call the getName function (local)
fmt.Println("Hello,", name)
fmt.Println()
return name
}// this is a function that converts Fahrenheit to Celsius
func GetCelsius() {
fmt.Println("Enter a temperature in Fahrenheit to convert to Celsius: ")
var fahrenheit float64
fmt.Scan(&fahrenheit)
ans := (fahrenheit - 32) * 5 / 9
fmt.Println("The temperature in Celsius is", ans)
fmt.Println()
}
