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# Arrays

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## Arrays

An array in Go is a fixed-length data type that contains a contiguous block of elements of the same type. This could be a built-in type such as integers and strings, or it can be a struct type.

* The type **`[n]T`** is an array of `n` values of type `T`.
* An array's length is part of its type, so arrays cannot be resized.
* Arrays are efficient data structures because the memory is laid out in sequence.
* **Arrays are values. Assigning one array to another copies all the elements.** In particular, if you pass an array to a function, it will receive a copy of the array, not a pointer to it.

```go
var a [10]int // a as an array of ten integers.

var b = [6]int{2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13} // array literal

// length of array determined from literal
var c = [...]int{1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8}

// Initialize only the 2th element
var d = [5]string{2: "magic"}

// sparse array
var x = [12]int{1, 5: 4, 6, 10: 100, 15}

// Typed unsigned int could be used as array length
const size uint = 3
var a2 [2 * size]bool
```

### Copying an array

Copying an array of pointers copies the pointer values and not the values that the pointers are pointing to.

```go
var s = "23";
var a [3]*string // [<nil> <nil> <nil>]
a2 := [3]*string{&s, &s, &s}

a = a2
// a = [0x1040c128 0x1040c128 0x1040c128]
// a2 = [0x1040c128 0x1040c128 0x1040c128]
```

### Compare arrays

Если тип элементов массива является сравниваемым, то таким же и является тип массива, так что мы можем сравнить два массива такого типа непосредственно при помощи оператора `==`.

### Array as function argument

Passing an array between functions can be an expensive operation in terms of memory and performance. When you pass variables between functions, they’re **always passed by value**. When your variable is an array, this means the entire array, regardless of its size, is copied and passed to the function. You can pass a pointer to the array.

```go
// Allocate an array of 8 megabytes.
var array [1e6]int

// Pass the address of the array to the function foo.
foo(&array)

// Function foo accepts a pointer to an array of one million integers.
func foo(array *[1e6]int) {
    ...
}
```


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