Slice of Slice

sliceofslice.go

package main

import "fmt"

type IndentationStack []([]string)  // type to represent a slice of slice-of-string
                                    // can be written like [][]string, i think, but parens make it more clear
func main() {

	var stack IndentationStack
	stack = make([]([]string), 4)   // initialize a slice of slices, length 4, inner slices have length 0!
	fmt.Println("First it's all like", len(stack[0]))
	dirA := "A"
	dirB := "B"
	dirC := "C"
	stack.addToStack(dirA, 0)  // add one string to the first slice at index 0
	stack.addToStack(dirB, 0)  // add another to the first slice at index 0
	stack.addToStack(dirC, 1)  // add one string to the second slice at index 1
	fmt.Println("Stack is ", stack)
}

func (this IStack) addToStack(name string, level int) {

	this[level] = append(this[level], name)   // append name to one of the slices at index "level"
	          

}