I need an abstracted slice that contains multiple types. The most simplified code is this:
package main
import "fmt"
type A interface{}
type X string
func main() {
sliceA := make([]A, 0, 0)
sliceX := []X{"x1", "x2"}
var appendedSlice []A
appendedSlice = append(sliceA, sliceX[0], sliceX[1]) // (1) works
appendedSlice = append(sliceA, sliceX...) // (2) doesn't work
fmt.Println(appendedSlice)
}
In my real program, the interface A defines some functions, and X and also other types implement it.
Line (2) raises an error cannot use sliceX (type []X) as type []A in append
.
I thought (2) is a syntax sugar for (1), but I'm probably missing something... Do I have to always add an element X into slice A one by one?
Thank you guys in advance!
The problem is that interface{}
and string
are two different types. To convert a slice from string
to interface{}
you will have to do it in one of the following ways:
create sliceA and initialize its size to sliceX length
sliceA := make([]A, len(sliceX))
for ix, item := range sliceX {
sliceA[ix] = item
}
dynamically append sliceX items to appendedSlice
var appendedSlice []A
for ix := range sliceX {
appendedSlice = append(appendedSlice, sliceX[ix])
}
Please read more here Convert []string to []interface{}