Go – How to Read a User-Input in Go Programming Language

Hello everyone, In this post, we will show you how to read the user-input in the Go programming language. The example program has been tested and shared in the same post.

Go – Reading the User-Input

package main
import (
"bufio"
"fmt"
"os"
)
// main function
func main() {
reader := bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin)
fmt.Println("What is your name?")
name, _ := reader.ReadString('\n')
fmt.Println("Hello", name)
}

Output

What is your name?
Dinesh Krishnan
Hello Dinesh Krishnan

References

1. https://golang.org/doc/
2. https://golang.org/pkg/
3. https://golang.org/pkg/fmt/
4. https://golang.org/pkg/fmt/#Println
5. https://golang.org/pkg/bufio/
6. https://golang.org/pkg/bufio/#NewReader
7. https://golang.org/pkg/bufio/#Reader.ReadString
8. https://golang.org/pkg/os/

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