Declare Arrays in Golang

array_declare.go

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "reflect"
)

func main() {
    /* Declaring an array and adding elements */
    var names [3]string //string array with length 3

    names[0] = "Alice" // array index starts at 0
    names[1] = "Bob"
    names[2] = "Celine"

    /* Shorthand declaration */
    mynames := [3]string{"Alice", "Bob", "Celine"}
    fmt.Println(names, mynames)

    /* Compiler determines the length of array */
    scores := [...]int{12, 78, 50}
    fmt.Println(scores, len(scores))
    
    /* The size of the array is a part of the type - [3]string  */
    fmt.Println(mynames, reflect.TypeOf(mynames)) /* Prints: [Alice Bob Celine] [3]string*/

}