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title: Go Slices
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## Go Slices
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Slices are a key data type in Go, giving a more powerful interface to sequences than arrays.
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Unlike arrays, slices are typed only by the elements they contain (not the number of elements). To create an empty slice with non-zero length, use the builtin make. Here we make a slice of strings of length 3 (initially zero-valued).
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```s := make([]string, 3)` ``
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#### More Information:
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* [A Tour of Go ](https://tour.golang.org/moretypes/7 )
* [Go By Example ](https://gobyexample.com/slices )
* [Golang Book ](https://www.golang-book.com/books/intro/6#section2 )
* [The Go Programming Language Specification ](https://golang.org/ref/spec#Making_slices_maps_and_channels )
