restructure: arrays and slices

16-slices/06-slice-expressions/2-example/main.go

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+// For more tutorials: https://blog.learngoprogramming.com
+//
+// Copyright © 2018 Inanc Gumus
+// Learn Go Programming Course
+// License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
+//
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	s "github.com/inancgumus/prettyslice"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	// think of this as search results of a search engine.
+	// it could have been fetched from a database
+	items := []string{
+		"pacman",
+		"mario",
+		"tetris",
+		"doom",
+		"galaga",
+		"frogger",
+		"asteroids",
+		"simcity",
+		"metroid",
+		"defender",
+		"rayman",
+		"tempest",
+		"ultima",
+	}
+
+	s.MaxPerLine = 4
+	s.Show("All items", items)
+
+	top3 := items[:3]
+	s.Show("Top 3 items", top3)
+
+	l := len(items)
+
+	// you can use variables in a slice expression
+	last4 := items[l-4:]
+	s.Show("Last 4 items", last4)
+
+	// reslicing: slicing another sliced slice
+	mid := last4[1:3]
+	s.Show("Last4[1:3]", mid)
+
+	// the same elements can be in different indexes
+	// fmt.Println(items[9], last4[0])
+
+	// slicing returns a slice with the same type of the sliced slice
+	fmt.Printf("slicing : %T %[1]q\n", items[2:3])
+
+	// indexing returns a single element with the type of the indexed slice's element type
+	fmt.Printf("indexing: %T %[1]q\n", items[2])
+}