slice 3

package main

import "fmt"

var x = []int{2: 5, 6, 0: 7}

func main() {
	fmt.Println(x)
}

Choices:

• [7 0 5 6]
• [7 6 5]

Answer: [7 0 5 6]

Run it on Go play.

Key points:

• keyed elements (here they are 2: 5 and 0: 7) and un-keyed elements (here it is 6) may be mixed up in array and slice composite literals.
• the index of an un-keyed element is determined by the index of the last keyed element. If all previous elements are un-keyed, then its index is its order number (zero based). So the index of the element 6 is 3.
• the length of an array or slice composite literal is the largest element index plus one.
• unspecified elements are viewed as the zero value of the element type.

The following is another example, which prints 7 88.

package main

func main() {
	var x = []int{4:44, 55, 66, 1:77, 88}
	println(len(x), x[2])
}

• slice: 1, 2, 3
• map: 1
• channel: 1
• loop: 1, 2, 3, 4
• switch: 1
• defer: 1, 2
• panic/recover: 1, 2
• reflect: 1, 2
• const: 1, 2, 3, 4
• operator: 1, 2, 3
• function call: 1
• scope: 1, 2
• nil: 1
• embedding: 1

(more are coming ...)