Rocket launch including abort!

rocket_launch.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"os"
	"time"
)

// Demos multiplexing on channels - ticker for countdown and abort for interrupting (from stdin)
func main() {
	abort := make(chan bool)
	ticker := time.NewTicker(1 * time.Second)

	go func() {
		os.Stdin.Read(make([]byte, 1))
		abort <- true
	}()

	fmt.Println("Initiating Countdown")

FINISH:
	for i := 10; i >= 0; i-- {
		select {
		case <-ticker.C:
			switch {
			case i == 0:
				fmt.Println("BLAST OFF!")
			default:
				fmt.Printf("%d...", i)
			}
		case <-abort:
			fmt.Printf("Aborting launch!")
			ticker.Stop()
			break FINISH
		}
	}
}