Converting Strings To Integers And Integers To Strings

Converting Strings to Integers or Integers to Strings is a common task that developers face every day. The Go Standard Library comes with packages to make this task easier. Go developers need to know to use the standard library and when to look for third-party libraries to solve a task.

Convert A String To An Integer

To convert a string to an integer, we will use the function Atio from the strconv package. This function handles converting the string to an integer for us. Below is a code example of how to do this.

When we run this program, we will see this output::

String to Int

This tells us that the value is 747 and the data type of int.

Convert A Integer To An String

To convert an integer to a string, we will use the function the Itoa from the strconv package. This function handles converting the integer to a string for us. Below is a code example of how to do this.

When we run this program, we will see this output:

Int to String

This tells us that the value is 747 and the data type of string.

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