generic function arguments, interface arguments

generics.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
)

func whatami(tp interface{}) {

	switch tp.(type) {
	case int:
		fmt.Println("i am an int")
	case string:
		fmt.Println("i am a string")

	}
  /* capture the value
  switch val := tp.(type) {
	case int:
		fmt.Println("i am an int", val)
	case string:
		fmt.Println("i am a string", val)

	}
    */
}

func main() {
	whatami(25)

}