// 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" "time" "github.com/inancgumus/screen" ) func main() { // by using 'shift' we can create the slide effect for placeholders. for shift := 0; ; shift++ { // we need to clear the screen here. // or the previous character will be left on the screen // // alternative: you can fill the rest of the missing placeholders // with empty lines screen.Clear() screen.MoveTopLeft() now := time.Now() hour, min, sec := now.Hour(), now.Minute(), now.Second() clock := [...]placeholder{ digits[hour/10], digits[hour%10], colon, digits[min/10], digits[min%10], colon, digits[sec/10], digits[sec%10], } for line := range clock[0] { l := len(clock) // this sets the beginning and the ending placeholders. // to prevent the indexing error: we use the remainder operator. s, e := shift%l, l // to slide placeholders from the right part of the screen. // // here, we assume that as if the clock's length is double of its length. // this makes things easy to manage: that's why: l*2 is there. // // whenever, the current shift factor's double remainder is greater than // the length of the clock - 1, it changes the starting and ending positions. if shift%(l*2) > l-1 { s, e = 0, shift%l+1 } // print empty lines for the right-to-left slide effect. // // this creates the effect of moving placeholders from right to left. for j := 0; j < l-e; j++ { fmt.Print(" ") } // draw the digits starting from 's' to 'e' for i := s; i < e; i++ { next := clock[i][line] if clock[i] == colon && sec%2 == 0 { next = " " } fmt.Print(next, " ") } fmt.Println() } time.Sleep(time.Second) } }