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Go-tools

The functions found here are tools that I find useful for everyday development.

Installation

Simply run go get github.com/s9rA16Bf4/Go-tools to add it to your project

Contents

The following table contains all tools available in this project.

Function	Description	Note
Contains	Checks if the the supplied string contains a substring	Returns a map[string]bool
EraseDelimiter	Erases any delimiter from your string
GenerateRandomBool	Generates and returns true or false
GenerateRandomIntBetween	Generates a random int in an interval
GenerateRandomInt	Generates a random int between 1 and 128
GrabCWD	Returns the current working directory	Exits on error
GrabExecutableName	Returns the executables name
GrabExecutablePath	Returns the path where the executable is housed
GrabHomeDir	Returns the current users home directory	Exits on error
GrabUsername	Returns the current users username	Exits on error
ReverseString	Reverses a string
SplitString	Splits a string and returns a rune array
StartsWith	Checks if a string starts with a substring
EndsWith	Checks if a string ends with a substring
StringToBoolean	Converts a string to a boolean	Requires that the string is "true" or "false"
StringToInt	Converts a string to a int	Returns -1 when it fails to convert
IntToString	Converts a int to a string

Examples

Check out the files under test/ to see how each function can be utilized

Documentation

Index

• func Contains(target string, selection []string) map[string]bool
• func EndsWith(target string, selection []string) map[string]bool
• func EraseDelimiter(line string, delimiters []string, count int) string
• func GenerateRandomBool() bool
• func GenerateRandomInt() int
• func GenerateRandomIntBetween(min int, max int) int
• func Generate_random_n_string(size int) string
• func Generate_random_string() string
• func GrabCWD() string
• func GrabExecutableName() string
• func GrabExecutablePath() string
• func GrabHomeDir() string
• func GrabUsername() string
• func IntToString(value int) string
• func ReverseString(target *string)
• func SplitString(target string) []string
• func StartsWith(target string, selection []string) map[string]bool
• func StringToBoolean(value string) bool
• func StringToInt(value string) int

Functions

func Contains

func Contains(target string, selection []string) map[string]bool

Wrapper for the strings.Contains function, but takes in a array contaning strings to look for and returns a map in the format of { "<key>":"<true/false>" }

func EndsWith

func EndsWith(target string, selection []string) map[string]bool

Wrapper for the strings.HasSuffix function, but takes in a array contaning strings to look for and returns a map in the format of { "<key>":"<true/false>" }

func EraseDelimiter

func EraseDelimiter(line string, delimiters []string, count int) string

Erases all occurences of the delimiter in the string

func GenerateRandomBool

func GenerateRandomBool() bool

Generates a random bool

func GenerateRandomInt

func GenerateRandomInt() int

Generates a random number between 1 and 128

func GenerateRandomIntBetween

func GenerateRandomIntBetween(min int, max int) int

Generates a random number between min and max

func Generate_random_n_string

func Generate_random_n_string(size int) string

Generates a random string based on the length of the input

func Generate_random_string

func Generate_random_string() string

Generates a random string between the lengthes of 1 and 128

func GrabCWD

func GrabCWD() string

Grabs the current working path

func GrabExecutableName

func GrabExecutableName() string

Returns the executable name

func GrabExecutablePath

func GrabExecutablePath() string

Returns the path to the executable file including the executable file name

func GrabHomeDir

func GrabHomeDir() string

Grabs the current users home directory

func GrabUsername

func GrabUsername() string

Returns the username of the current user

func IntToString

func IntToString(value int) string

Converts the provided int to a string

func ReverseString

func ReverseString(target *string)

Takes the string to work in as a pointer, and makes it go from abc to cba

func SplitString

func SplitString(target string) []string

Splits a string into a string array and returns it

func StartsWith

func StartsWith(target string, selection []string) map[string]bool

Wrapper for the strings.HasPrefix function, but takes in a array contaning strings to look for and returns a map in the format of { "<key>":"<true/false>" }

func StringToBoolean

func StringToBoolean(value string) bool

Converts the provided string to into a boolean

func StringToInt

func StringToInt(value string) int

Tries to convert the provided string to an int, and returns either the converted value or -1 if it failed