I was wondering if it's possible to do a task (like a function, with different arguments, e.g. int multipliers) run at the same time, and a variable which receive the return value of the first task finished. Someone has any idea? :D
Here is a basic example though there are plenty of others on the internet... https://play.golang.org/p/R__dk09Ymh
package main
import "fmt"
import "time"
func main() {
a := make(chan bool)
b := make(chan bool)
go MySleep(5000, a)
go MySleep(1000, b)
select {
case _ = <-a:
fmt.Println("a returned first")
case _ = <-b:
fmt.Println("b returned first")
}
}
func MySleep(t int, sig chan bool) {
time.Sleep(time.Duration(t))
close(sig)
return
}
You can extend this to do whatever you want. For example if you want to spin of some arbitrary number of goroutines N
and not stop until they're all complete then you could wrap the select in a for and add a flag to indicate that each goroutine has sent on it's channel. Note that a well made program would also have communication in the other direction so you can shut down your workers.