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On WindowsDownload the latest version of go MSI installer from https://golang.org/dl/ best suited for your system architecture.Start the installation by double-clicking on the installer and installer wizard will open as given in the following figure. For the installation follow the wizard instructions.Note that when you installing go lang using installer then it will ask the location where go will be installed as shown in the figure below. Installation directory of go lang is called GOROOT here the GOROOT is c:\go directory.After this follow the wizard instructions and complete the go lang installation. Test Go installation To Check that Go is installed correctly or not, you need to create a go workspace (a place /folder/directory in which you save you go programs) and create a sample go program and run the program using the command line. The sample program is given below...You can create a sample program by using any simple text editor like notepad, notepad++, sublime or anyone you lik…

What is ArrayAn array is the collection of similar type of elements.An array is the collection of fixed length.Array elements are stored in contiguous memory locations.All the array elements share the common name, but each element is uniquely identified their index or subscript, so the array is also called a subscript variable.Array index always starts with 0. Creating an array var arr [5]int Note: In the above program snippet, arr is an array of 5 integers.By default, all the array elements are initialized with a default value. Default ValuesData TypeDefault ValueInt(s)0Float(s)0.0bool(s)falseObjectsnil
Note: Following example demonstrate the default values for array elements.
Example-1 package main
import "fmt"
func main() {
var arr1 [5]int
var arr2 [5]float32
var arr3 [5]string
var arr4 [5]bool
fmt.Println(arr1)
fmt.Println(arr2)
fmt.Printf(arr3)
fmt.Println(arr4)
} Output  [0 0 0 0 0] [0 0 0 0 0] [    ] [false false false false false] Example-2 package main
import "fmt"
…

Strings are sequence of characters with definite length and can be created by enclosing in double quotes "Hello Go" and back ticks `Hello Go`. A string is a sequence of characters.Strings are the collection of individual bytes, where each character occupy single byte.Characters out of the ASCII characters (can say characters from other languages) occupy more than one byte.A string can be created by enclosing in double quotes "Hello Go" or backticks `Hello Go`.The difference between double quotes and backticks is that double quotes allow escape sequences like \n (newline) and \t (tab) and parses them but backticks don't. Example-1: package main
import "fmt"
func main( ) {
        fmt.Println(len("Hello Go"))
        fmt.Println("Hello Go"[1])
        fmt.Println("Hello"+" "+"Go")
} Output: 8101Hello Go 
 Output Explained:

fmt.Println(len("Hello Go")) returns the length of the string "Hell…

Introduction to decision making Sometimes we need to introduce a power in our program, that our program should automatically make the decision.

For example:  if the temperature of the day is more than 20 degree then it's hot otherwise it's cool.

To introduce this kind of power in our program, we use decision making statements as the list below...
if-else statementsnested if-else statementselse-if ladderswitch/case-control statement Let's create a program to check whether a number is even or odd. Program to check a number is even or odd in Go lang. package main
import "fmt"
func main() {
var n int32
fmt.Print("Enter any number:")
fmt.Scan(&n)
if n % 2 == 0 {
fmt.Println(n,"is even")
} else {
fmt.Println(n,"is odd")
}
} Output: Enter any number:55
55 is odd  Explanation:A number is even if it is divisible by 2 otherwise odd.So to check a number is even or odd, we need to check divisibility by 2.To perform the divisibility test we use mod (%…

As in the real world we need to make decision according to the situation. In the same sense we need to make decision while creating program.For decision making C provides various construct as follows:if statementif else statementnested if else statementelse if Laddercondional operatorswitch/case constructBy using the above-given decision-making statement we can implement the sense in a program that program can create decision automatically.if-else statementSyntax-1if(condition) { statement1; statement2; statement3; ........ ........ } else { statement1; statement2; statement3; ........ ........ } Syntax-2if(condition) statement; else statement; Syntax ExplainedThe block which is specified with if is called if-block and the block with else is called else block. If there is a single statement in if block or else block then no need to enclose in {} (curly braces). But in the case of more than one statement and if a…