Append to a slice



examples/append-to-slice/append_to_slice.go
package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
    base := [...]string{"a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h"}
    fmt.Println(base)
    fmt.Println(len(base))
    part := base[3:7]
    fmt.Println(part)
    fmt.Println(len(part))
    fmt.Println(cap(part))
    fmt.Println()

    part = append(part, "X") // the slice was extended in the same array
    fmt.Println(part)
    fmt.Println(base)
    fmt.Println(len(part))
    fmt.Println(cap(part))
    fmt.Println()

    part = append(part, "Y") // creates a new, larger array and copyes the data.
    fmt.Println(part)
    fmt.Println(base)
    fmt.Println(len(part))
    fmt.Println(cap(part))
}

[a b c d e f g h]
8
[d e f g]
4
5

[d e f g X]
[a b c d e f g X]
5
5

[d e f g X Y]
[a b c d e f g X]
6
10