Go - String Concatenation
In Golang, string concatenation involves joining two or more strings together to form a single string. we can concatenate the strings using '+' operator and strings.Join() function.
Let us go through the example to have a clear idea about the string concatenation −
String Concatenation Using + (Plus) Operator
You can use the plus (+) operator to combine two or more strings.
Example
In this example, we initialize two strings, 'str1' and 'str2', and then concatenate them using the '+' operator and print the combined result.
package main
import (
"fmt"
)
func main() {
str1 := "Hello..."
str2 := "How are you doing?"
fmt.Println("Concatenated String:", str1 + str2)
}
Output
It will produce the following output
Concatenated String: Hello...How are you doing?
String Concatenation Using strings.Join() Function
The strings.Join() is a built-in function in Golang which is used to concatenate a slice of strings into a single string.
Syntax
Its syntax is as follows −
func Join(stringSlice []string, sep string) string
Where,
- stringSlice – The strings to be concatenated.
- sep – It is a separator string that is to be placed between the slice elements.
Example 1
In this example, we initialize two slices of strings, 'm' and 'n'. then uses the strings.Join() function to concatenate elements of each slice with different delimiters ('-', '/', '*', '$') and print the joined strings as the result.
package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
)
func main() {
// Initializing the Strings
m := []string{"IndexByte", "String", "Function"}
n := []string{"Golang", "IndexByte", "String", "Package"}
// Display the Strings
fmt.Println("Set 1 - Slices of Strings:", m)
fmt.Println("Set 2 - Slices of Strings:", n)
// Using the Join Function
output1 := strings.Join(m, "-")
output2 := strings.Join(m, "/")
output3 := strings.Join(n, "*")
output4 := strings.Join(n, "$")
// Display the Join Output
fmt.Println("\n Joining the slices of Set 1 with '-' delimiter: \n", output1)
fmt.Println("\n Joining the slices of Set 1 with '/' delimiter: \n", output2)
fmt.Println("\n Joining the slices of Set 2 with '*' delimiter: \n", output3)
fmt.Println("\n Joining the slices of Set 2 with '$' delimiter: \n", output4)
}
Output
It will generate the following output −
Set 1 - Slices of Strings: [IndexByte String Function] Set 2 - Slices of Strings: [Golang IndexByte String Package] Joining the slices of Set 1 with '-' delimiter: IndexByte-String-Function Joining the slices of Set 1 with '/' delimiter: IndexByte/String/Function Joining the slices of Set 2 with '*' delimiter: Golang*IndexByte*String*Package Joining the slices of Set 2 with '$' delimiter: Golang$IndexByte$String$Package
Example 2
In this example, we initialize a slice of strings s and two delimiters substr and substr1. It uses the strings.Join() function to concatenate the elements of the slice with the specified delimiters and prints the results.
package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
)
func main() {
// Defining the Variables
var s []string
var substr string
var substr1 string
var result string
var output string
// Intializing the Strings
s = []string{"This", "is", "String", "Function"}
substr = "..."
substr1 = " "
// Display the input slice of strings
fmt.Println("Input Slice of Strings:", s)
// Using the Join Function
result = strings.Join(s, substr)
output = strings.Join(s, substr1)
// Displaying output of Join function
fmt.Println("Joining with '...' delimiter:", result)
fmt.Println("Joining with ' ' delimiter:", output)
}
Output
It will generate the following output −
Input Slice of Strings: [This is String Function] Joining with '...' delimiter: This...is...String...Function Joining with ' ' delimiter: This is String Function