Is there a way to iterate over a slice in reverse in Go?
GoGo Problem Overview
It would be convenient to be able to say something like:
for _, element := reverse range mySlice {
...
}
Go Solutions
Solution 1 - Go
No there is no convenient operator for this to add to the range one in place. You'll have to do a normal for loop counting down:
s := []int{5, 4, 3, 2, 1}
for i := len(s)-1; i >= 0; i-- {
fmt.Println(s[i])
}
Solution 2 - Go
You can also do:
s := []int{5, 4, 3, 2, 1}
for i := range s {
fmt.Println(s[len(s)-1-i]) // Suggestion: do `last := len(s)-1` before the loop
}
Output:
1
2
3
4
5
Also here: http://play.golang.org/p/l7Z69TV7Vl
Solution 3 - Go
Variation with index
for k := range s {
k = len(s) - 1 - k
// now k starts from the end
}
Solution 4 - Go
How about use defer:
s := []int{5, 4, 3, 2, 1}
for i, _ := range s {
defer fmt.Println(s[i])
}
Solution 5 - Go
One could use a channel to reverse a list in a function without duplicating it. It makes the code nicer in my sense.
package main
import (
"fmt"
)
func reverse(lst []string) chan string {
ret := make(chan string)
go func() {
for i, _ := range lst {
ret <- lst[len(lst)-1-i]
}
close(ret)
}()
return ret
}
func main() {
elms := []string{"a", "b", "c", "d"}
for e := range reverse(elms) {
fmt.Println(e)
}
}
Solution 6 - Go
I guess this is the easiest way to reverse arrays.:
package main
import "fmt"
// how can we reverse write the array
func main() {
arr := [...]int{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}
revArr := [len(arr)]int{} // making empty array for write reverse
for i := range arr {
revArr[len(arr)-1-i] = arr[i]
}
fmt.Println(revArr)
}
Solution 7 - Go
An elegant method for reverse range
:
If your slice is transient: Loop while the number of elements is greater than zero, use the last element, and then remove it. The slice will be empty after the first element has been processed:
s := []int{1, 2, 3, 4}
for len(s) > 0 {
item := s[len(s)-1]
fmt.Printf("Reverse item: %+v\n", item)
s = s[:len(s)-1]
}
Output:
Reverse item: 4
Reverse item: 3
Reverse item: 2
Reverse item: 1
Go Playground: https://play.golang.org/p/XKB43k7M9j3
Solution 8 - Go
When I need to extract elements from a slice and reverse range, I use something like this code:
// reverse range
// Go Playground: https://play.golang.org/p/gx6fJIfb7fo
package main
import (
"fmt"
)
type Elem struct {
Id int64
Name string
}
type Elems []Elem
func main() {
mySlice := Elems{{Id: 0, Name: "Alice"}, {Id: 1, Name: "Bob"}, {Id: 2, Name: "Carol"}}
for i, element := range mySlice {
fmt.Printf("Normal range: [%v] %+v\n", i, element)
}
//mySlice = Elems{}
//mySlice = Elems{{Id: 0, Name: "Alice"}}
if last := len(mySlice) - 1; last >= 0 {
for i, element := last, mySlice[0]; i >= 0; i-- {
element = mySlice[i]
fmt.Printf("Reverse range: [%v] %+v\n", i, element)
}
} else {
fmt.Println("mySlice empty")
}
}
Output:
Normal range: [0] {Id:0 Name:Alice}
Normal range: [1] {Id:1 Name:Bob}
Normal range: [2] {Id:2 Name:Carol}
Reverse range: [2] {Id:2 Name:Carol}
Reverse range: [1] {Id:1 Name:Bob}
Reverse range: [0] {Id:0 Name:Alice}
Playground: https://play.golang.org/p/gx6fJIfb7fo
Solution 9 - Go
You can use the funk.ForEachRight
method from go-funk:
results := []int{}
funk.ForEachRight([]int{1, 2, 3, 4}, func(x int) {
results = append(results, x)
})
fmt.Println(results) // []int{4, 3, 2, 1}