test-map.go

package main

import (
	"bufio"
	// "fmt"
	"os"
	"strings"
)

var storage map[string]string

func main() {
	
	storage = make(map[string]string)

	inFile, _ := os.Open("test-data.txt")
	defer inFile.Close()
	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(inFile)
	scanner.Split(bufio.ScanLines) 
	  
	for scanner.Scan() {
		var kv []string = strings.Split(scanner.Text(), "\t")
		// fmt.Println(kv[0],kv[1])
		storage[kv[0]] = kv[1]
	}

}