I have created a strict like the following in my app:
type Datatype int8 const ( user Datatype = iota address test ) var datatypes = [...]string{"User", "Address", "Test"} func (datatype Datatype) String() string { return datatypes[datatype] }
I would like to be able to validate a value passed via a command-line flag against this enum.
I thought I had seen something like dtype == Datatype
being used, but I am apparently sorely mistaken.
If this is not possible I can go the route of putting these values in an array. However, I feel the enum approach is more elegant.
From your code sample it looks like you are trying to see if a map (rather than a struct) contains a particular key.
If so, the answer is here
A two-value assignment tests for the existence of a key:
i, ok := m["route"]
In this statement, the first value (i) is assigned the value stored under the key "route". If that key doesn't exist, i is the value type's zero value (0). The second value (ok) is a bool that is true if the key exists in the map, and false if not.
To test for a key without retrieving the value, use an underscore in place of the first value:
_, ok := m["route"]