Okay, here’s my blog post about my experience messing around with “go dubs,” written in a casual, conversational style, just like the example:
So, I decided to mess around with this “go dubs” thing I kept hearing about. I mean, it’s Go, and it’s something about… doubles? I wasn’t entirely sure, but hey, that’s part of the fun, right?
First, I fired up my terminal. Always the first step, gotta get that command line ready. I’m using a pretty standard setup, nothing fancy, just my trusty old laptop.
Getting Started
I poked around a bit online, just to get a feel for what “dubs” even meant in this context. Turns out, it’s about checking for duplicate consecutive numbers in a slice. Sounded simple enough. I love these kinds of mini-projects – quick, satisfying, and you learn something along the way.
The Coding Part
Then, I whipped up a new Go file. I usually just call these things when I’m experimenting. Inside, I started with the usual package main and import "fmt" – you know, the basics.
Next, I needed a slice of numbers. I threw in some random integers, making sure to include a few duplicates in a row, just to test things out. Something like this:
nums := []int{1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 6}
Now for the actual logic. I decided to go with a simple loop. I mean, why make things complicated? I just iterated through the slice, comparing each number to the one before it. If they were the same, bingo! Duplicate!
for i := 1; i < len(nums); i++ {
if nums[i] == nums[i-1] {
*("Found dubs:", nums[i])
Running and Tweaking
I ran the code using go run *, and… it worked! It printed out the duplicate numbers, just like I wanted. It’s always a good feeling when things work on the first try (which, let’s be honest, doesn’t happen that often).
I played around with the slice a bit, changing the numbers, adding more duplicates, removing some, just to see how it behaved. All good. Then to keep it simple I add another `*(“All Done!”)` just let me know when is finish the work.
Wrapping Up
So, that was my little adventure with “go dubs.” Nothing groundbreaking, but a fun little exercise. It’s these small projects that keep things interesting and help you really understand the fundamentals. And, well, I was bored.
