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Updated on 2025-03-04

The use of null value logic for commonly used conditions in Go language

In Go, there are several different ways to check if a value is null or empty. The specific method you should use depends on the type of value you are checking.

For example, if you are checking whether a string is empty, you can use the built-in len function to check the length of the string

if len(str) == 0 {
    // The string is empty
}

You can use the == operator to compare a string with an empty string

if str == "" {
    // The string is empty
}

If you want to check if an integer, floating point, or boolean is zero, you can use the == operator to compare the value to zero

if i == 0 {
    // The integer is zero
}

if f == 0.0 {
    // The float is zero
}

if b == false {
    // The boolean is false
}

If you want to check if the slice, map, or channel is empty, you can use the len function to check the length of the value

if len(slice) == 0 {
    // The slice is empty
}

if len(map) == 0 {
    // The map is empty
}

if len(channel) == 0 {
    // The channel is empty
}

If you want to check if the pointer is nil, you can use the == operator to compare the pointer to nil

if ptr == nil {
    // The pointer is nil
}

As in Go, there is no concept of "null" value like in some other languages. If you want to represent a "null" value in Go, you can use the pointer type and set it to nil. For example, nil

var i *int
(i) // prints "nil"

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