A Tour of Go (https://tour.golang.org) - Exercise Solutions

aExerciseSolutions.MD

These are my solutions for the proposed exercises on the Tour of Go Website ( https://tour.golang.org/ )

exercise-errors.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"math"
)

type ErrNegativeSqrt float64

func (e ErrNegativeSqrt) Error() string {
	return fmt.Sprintf("cannot Sqrt negative number: %g", float64(e))
}

func Sqrt(x float64) (float64, error) {

	if x < 0 {
		return 0, ErrNegativeSqrt(x)
	}
	z := float64(1.5)
	val := float64(0)
	for {
		z = z - (z*z-x)/(2*z)
		if math.Abs(val-z) < 1e-10 {
			break
		}
		val = z
	}
	return val, nil

}

func main() {
	fmt.Println(Sqrt(2))
	fmt.Println(Sqrt(-2))
}

exercise-fibbonaci-closure.go

//Let's have some fun with functions.
//Implement a fibonacci function that returns a function (a closure) that returns successive fibonacci numbers (0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, ...).

package main

import "fmt"

func fibonacci() func() int {
	prev := 0
	curr := 1
	return func() int {
		prev, curr = curr, prev+curr
		return curr
	}
}

func main() {
	f := fibonacci()
	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
		fmt.Println(f())
	}
}

exercise-loop-and-functions.go

//As a simple way to play with functions and loops, implement the square
// root function using Newton's method.

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"math"
)

func Sqrt(x float64) float64 {
	z := float64(1.5)
	val := float64(0)
	for {
		z = z - (z*z-x)/(2*z)
		if math.Abs(val-z) < 1e-10 {
			break
		}
		val = z
	}
	return val
}

func main() {
	fmt.Println(Sqrt(2))
}

exercise-reader.go

//Implement a Reader type that emits an infinite stream of the ASCII character 'A'.
package main

import "golang.org/x/tour/reader"

type MyReader struct{}

func (MyReader) Read(b []byte) (n int, err error) {
	for i := 0; i < len(b); i++ {
		//You can either use 65 or 'A'
		b[i] = 65
	}
	return len(b), nil
}
func main() {
	reader.Validate(MyReader{})
}

exercise-rot-reader.go

package main

import (
	"io"
	"os"
	"strings"
)

type rot13Reader struct {
	r io.Reader
}

func (rot *rot13Reader) Read(b []byte) (n int, err error) {
	n, err = rot.r.Read(b)
	for i := 0; i < len(b); i++ {
		if (b[i] >= 'A' && b[i] < 'N') || (b[i] >= 'a' && b[i] < 'n') {
			b[i] += 13
		} else if (b[i] > 'M' && b[i] <= 'Z') || (b[i] > 'm' && b[i] <= 'z') {
			b[i] -= 13
		}
	}
	return
}

func main() {
	s := strings.NewReader("Lbh penpxrq gur pbqr")
	r := rot13Reader{s}
	io.Copy(os.Stdout, &r)
}

exercise-slices.go

//Implement Pic. It should return a slice of length dy, each element of which is a slice of dx 8-bit unsigned integers. When you run the program, it will display your picture, interpreting the integers as grayscale (well, bluescale) values.
//The choice of image is up to you. Interesting functions include (x+y)/2, x*y, and x^y.
//(You need to use a loop to allocate each []uint8 inside the [][]uint8.)
//(Use uint8(intValue) to convert between types.)

package main

import "golang.org/x/tour/pic"

func Pic(dx, dy int) [][]uint8 {
	sl := make([][]uint8, dy)
	for i := range sl {
		sl[i] = make([]uint8, dx)
		for j := 0; j < dx; j++ {
			sl[i][j] = uint8((i+j)/2 + i ^ j)
		}
	}
	return sl
}

func main() {
	pic.Show(Pic)
}

exercise-stringer.go

//Make the IPAddr type implement fmt.Stringer to print the address as a dotted quad.
//For instance, IPAddr{1, 2, 3, 4} should print as "1.2.3.4".

package main

import "fmt"

type IPAddr [4]byte

func (ipAddr IPAddr) String() string {
	return fmt.Sprintf("%v.%v.%v.%v", ipAddr[0], ipAddr[1], ipAddr[2], ipAddr[3])
}

func main() {
	hosts := map[string]IPAddr{
		"loopback":  {127, 0, 0, 1},
		"googleDNS": {8, 8, 8, 8},
	}
	for name, ip := range hosts {
		fmt.Printf("%v: %v\n", name, ip)
	}
}

exercise-wordcount.go

//Implement WordCount. It should return a map of the counts of each “word” in the string s.
//The wc.Test function runs a test suite against the provided function and prints success or failure.

package main

import (
	"strings"

	"golang.org/x/tour/wc"
)

func WordCount(s string) map[string]int {
	m := make(map[string]int)
	words := strings.Split(s, " ")
	for _, v := range words {
		_, ok := m[v]

		if !ok {
			m[v] = 1
		} else {
			m[v] += 1
		}
	}
	return m
}

func main() {
	wc.Test(WordCount)
}

Thanks! I was stuck on the stringer exercise. Still not sure why this didn't work

func (ip IPAddr) String() string {
	var s = ""
	for _, val := range ip {
		s+=string(val)
	}
	return s
	//return fmt.Sprintf("%v.%v.%v.%v",ip[0],ip[1],ip[2],ip[3])
}

I leave here the exercise for images using your Pic function. Feel free to add it to your list

package main

import (
	"golang.org/x/tour/pic"
	"image"
	"image/color"
)

type Image struct{
	pixels [][]color.Color
}

func (Image) ColorModel() color.Model {
	return color.RGBAModel
}

func (i Image) Bounds() image.Rectangle {
	return image.Rect(0,0, len(i.pixels[0]), len(i.pixels))
}

func (i Image) At(x, y int) color.Color {
	return i.pixels[y][x]
}

func Pic(dx, dy int) [][]color.Color {
	sl := make([][]color.Color, dy)
	for i := range sl {
		sl[i] = make([]color.Color, dx)
		for j := 0; j < dx; j++ {
			sl[i][j] = color.RGBA{uint8((i+j)/2 + i ^ j), uint8((i+j)/2 + i ^ j), 255, 255}
		}
	}
	return sl
}

func main() {
	m := Image{Pic(50,100)}
	pic.ShowImage(m)
}