commit 493ce92e02c58ee06717b610c449060aaa864f28
Author: specCon18 <steven.carpenter@skdevstudios.com>
Date:   Mon Dec 18 03:40:05 2023 -0500

    initial commit

diff --git a/arrays/arrays b/arrays/arrays
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diff --git a/arrays/arrays.go b/arrays/arrays.go
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+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func main(){
+	//here we create an array a that will hold exactly 5 ints.
+	// arrays are typed and statically lengthed
+	// by default an array is zero-valued which for ints is just 0 in all positions
+	var a [5]int
+	fmt.Println("emp:",a)
+
+	//we can set a value at an index using the arrray[index] = value syntax
+	//and get the value @ an index with the array[index] syntax
+	//the builtin len returns the length of an array.
+	a[4] = 100
+	fmt.Println("set:", a)
+	fmt.Println("get:", a[4])
+	fmt.Println("len:", len(a))
+
+	//the following can be used to declare and initalize the valaues
+	// of an array on a single line
+	b := [5]int{1,2,3,4,5}
+	fmt.Println("dcl:", b)
+
+	var twoD [2][3]int
+	for i := 0; i < 2; i++ {
+		for j := 0; j < 3; j++ {
+			twoD[i][j] = i+j
+		}
+	}
+	fmt.Println("2d: ", twoD)
+}
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diff --git a/channel-buffering/chanbuffer.go b/channel-buffering/chanbuffer.go
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+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func main(){
+
+	//by default channels are unbuffered,
+	//meaning that they will only accept
+	//sends(chan <-) if there is a corresponding receive (<- chan) ready
+	//to receive the sent value. Buffered Channels accept a limited
+	//number of values without a corresponding receiver for those values
+
+
+	//here we make a channel of strings buffering up to 2 values
+	messages := make(chan string, 2)
+
+	//because this channel is buffered,
+	//we can send these values into the channel without a
+	//corresponding concurrent receive
+	messages <- "buffered"
+	messages <- "channel"
+
+
+	//later we can receive these two values as usual
+	fmt.Println(<-messages)
+	fmt.Println(<-messages)
+}
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diff --git a/channel-directions/channeldirections b/channel-directions/channeldirections
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diff --git a/channel-directions/channeldirections.go b/channel-directions/channeldirections.go
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+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//this func only accepts a channel for sending values.
+//it would be a compile-time error
+//to try to receive on this channel.
+func ping(pings chan<- string,msg string){
+	pings <- msg
+}
+
+//this pong function accepts one channel for receives (pings)
+//and a second for sends(pongs)
+func pong(pings <-chan string, pongs chan<- string) {
+	msg := <-pings
+	pongs <- msg
+}
+
+func main() {
+	pings := make(chan string, 1)
+	pongs := make(chan string, 1)
+	ping(pings, "passed message")
+	pong(pings,pongs)
+	fmt.Println(<-pongs)
+}
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diff --git a/channel-sync/channelsync.go b/channel-sync/channelsync.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+)
+//we can use channels to synchronize execution across goroutines.
+//here is an example of using a blocking receive to wait for a goroutine
+//to finish whenwaiting for multiple goroutines to finish you may prefer to use a WaitGroup
+
+
+//This is the function we'll run in a goroutine.
+//the done channel will be used to notify another
+//goroutine that this function's work is done
+func worker(done chan bool) {
+	fmt.Print("working...")
+	time.Sleep(time.Second)
+	fmt.Println("done")
+
+	//start a worker goroutine, giving it the channel to notify on.
+	done <- true
+}
+
+func main(){
+	done := make(chan bool,1)
+	go worker(done)
+
+	//block until we receive a notification from the worker on the channel
+	<-done
+}
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diff --git a/channels/channels.go b/channels/channels.go
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+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+
+//Channels are the pipes that connect concurrent goroutines.
+//you can send values into channels
+//form one goroutine and receive those values into another goroutine
+func main(){
+	//create a new channel with make(chan val-type)
+	//Channels are typed bt the values they convey
+	messages := make(chan string)
+
+	//send a value into a channel using the channel <- syntax.
+	//here we send "ping" to the messages channel we made above, from a new goroutine
+	go func() { messages <- "ping"}()
+
+	//the <- channel syntax receives a value from the channel.
+	// here we'll receive the "ping" message we sent above and print it out
+	msg := <- messages
+	fmt.Println(msg)
+}
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diff --git a/closures/closures b/closures/closures
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+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+// This function returns another function,
+// which we define anonymously in the body of the intSeq.
+// The returned function closes over the variable i to form a closure
+func intSeq() func() int {
+	i := 0
+	return func() int {
+		i++
+		return i
+	}
+}
+
+func main(){
+	//we call intSeq assigning the result(a function) to nextInt.
+	// This function value captures its own i value, which will be updated
+	// each time we call nextInt
+	nextInt := intSeq()
+
+	// see the effect of the closure by calling nextInt a few times.
+	fmt.Println(nextInt())
+	fmt.Println(nextInt())
+	fmt.Println(nextInt())
+
+	// to confirm that the state is unique to the instance create a new instance
+	newInts := intSeq()
+	fmt.Println(newInts())
+}
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diff --git a/constants/constants b/constants/constants
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diff --git a/constants/constants.go b/constants/constants.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"math"
+)
+
+//const declares a constant value.
+const s string = "constant"
+
+func main(){
+	fmt.Println(s)
+	// A const statement can appear anywhere a var statement can.
+	const n = 500000000
+	// Constant expressions perform arithmetic with arbitrary precision.
+	const d = 3e20 / n
+	// A numeric constant has no type until it’s given one, such as by an explicit conversion.
+	fmt.Println(int64(d))
+	// A number can be given a type by using it
+	// in a context that requires one, such
+	// as a variable assignment or function call.
+	// For example, here math.Sin expects a float64.
+	fmt.Println(math.Sin(n))
+}
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+//In Go its idiomatic to communicate errors via an explicit, seperate return value.
+//this contrasts with the exceptions used in languages like java and Ruby
+//and the verloaded single result/error value sometimes used in C.
+//Go's approach makes it easy to see which functions return errors and to
+//handle them using the same language constructs employed for any other non-error tasks
+
+
+// by convention, errors are the last return value and have type error, a builtin interface
+func f1(arg int) (int,error){
+	if arg == 42 {
+		//errors.New constructs a basic error value with the given error message
+		return -1, errors.New("cant work with 42")
+	}
+	//a nil value in the error position indicates that there was no error
+	return arg + 3, nil
+}
+
+// its possible to use custom types as errors by implementing Error() method on them.
+// Heres a variant on the example above that uses a custom error type
+type argError struct {
+	arg int
+	prob string
+}
+
+func (e *argError) Error() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%d - %s", e.arg, e.prob)
+}
+
+func f2(arg int) (int,error) {
+	if arg == 42 {
+		return -1, &argError{arg, "can't work with it"}
+	}
+	return arg+3,nil
+}
+
+func main(){
+	//The two loops below test out each of our error-returning
+	//functions. Note that the use of an inline error check on the if line is a common idiom in Go code.
+	for _,i := range []int{7,42} {
+		if r,e :=f1(i); e != nil {
+			fmt.Println("f1 failed:",e)
+		} else {
+			fmt.Println("f1 worked:",r)
+		}
+	}
+	for _,i := range []int{7,42} {
+		if r,e := f2(i);e != nil {
+			fmt.Println("f2 failed:",e)
+		} else {
+			fmt.Println("f2 worked:",r)
+		}
+	}
+
+	//if you want to programmatically use the data in a custom error, you'll need to get the error
+	// as an instance of the custom error type via type assertion
+	_, e := f2(42)
+	if ae, ok:= e.(*argError); ok {
+		fmt.Println(ae.arg)
+		fmt.Println(ae.prob)
+	}
+}
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+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1701680307,
+        "narHash": "sha256-kAuep2h5ajznlPMD9rnQyffWG8EM/C73lejGofXvdM8=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "4022d587cbbfd70fe950c1e2083a02621806a725",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1702312524,
+        "narHash": "sha256-gkZJRDBUCpTPBvQk25G0B7vfbpEYM5s5OZqghkjZsnE=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "a9bf124c46ef298113270b1f84a164865987a91c",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    },
+    "systems": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1681028828,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Vy1rq5AaRuLzOxct8nz4T6wlgyUR7zLU309k9mBC768=",
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "rev": "da67096a3b9bf56a91d16901293e51ba5b49a27e",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
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+{
+  description = "Go development environment";
+  inputs.flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+  inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+  outputs = { self, flake-utils, nixpkgs }:
+    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system:
+      let pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system}; in
+      {
+        devShells.default = with pkgs; mkShell {
+          packages = [
+            go
+          ];
+          shellHook = ''
+          '';
+        };
+      }
+    );
+}
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+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func main(){
+	i := 1
+
+	// for with a single condition
+	for i <= 3 {
+		fmt.Println(i)
+		i = i+1
+	}
+
+	// Initial/Condition/After classic style loop
+	for j := 7; j <= 9; j++ {
+		fmt.Println(j)
+	}
+
+	// due to go not having any other loop for with no condition == while
+	for {
+		fmt.Println("loop")
+		break
+	}
+
+	//continue passes to the next iter of the loop
+	for n := 0; n <= 5; n++ {
+		if n%2 == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		fmt.Println(n)
+	}
+}
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+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+// here is a function that takes two ints and sums them
+// then returns them as an int
+// go requires explicit returns meaning it wont
+// automatically return the value of the last expression
+func plus(a int,b int) int {
+	return a+b
+}
+
+//when you have multiple consecutive params with the same type they can be type declared as such:
+func plusPlus(a,b,c int) int {
+	return a+b+c
+}
+
+//call functions like you would expect
+func main(){
+	res := plus(1,2)
+	fmt.Println("1+2=",res)
+
+	res = plusPlus(1,2,3)
+	fmt.Println("1+2+3=",res)
+}
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+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//as an example of a generic function,
+//MapKeys takes a map of any type and returns a slice of its keys.
+//this function has two type parameters - K and V; K has the comparable constraint
+//meaning that we can compare values of this type with the == and != operators
+//this is required for map keys in Go V has the any constraint meaning that its
+// not restricted in any way(any is an alias for interface{})
+func MapKeys[K comparable, V any](m map [K]V) []K {
+	r := make([]K,0,len(m))
+	for k := range m {
+		r = append(r,k)
+	}
+	return r
+}
+
+
+//as example of a generic type, List is a singly-linked list with values of any type
+type List[T any] struct {
+	head, tail *element[T]
+}
+
+type element[T any] struct {
+	next *element[T]
+	val T
+}
+
+//We can define methods on generic types just like we do on regular types,
+// but we have to keep the type parameters in place.
+// the type is List[T] not List
+func (lst *List[T]) Push(v T) {
+	if lst.tail == nil {
+		lst.head = &element[T]{val:v}
+		lst.tail = lst.head
+	} else {
+		lst.tail.next = &element[T]{val: v}
+		lst.tail = lst.tail.next
+	}
+}
+
+func (lst *List[T]) GetAll() []T {
+	var elems []T
+	for e := lst.head; e != nil; e = e.next {
+		elems = append(elems, e.val)
+	}
+	return elems
+}
+
+func main() {
+	var m = map[int]string{1: "2",2:"4",4:"8"}
+
+	//When invoking genric functions, we can often
+	// rely on type inference. note that we dont have to specify
+	// the types for K and V when calling MapKeys - the compiler infers them automatically
+	fmt.Println("keys:",MapKeys(m))
+	//though we could be explicit
+	_ = MapKeys[int,string](m)
+
+	lst := List[int]{}
+	lst.Push(10)
+	lst.Push(13)
+	lst.Push(23)
+	fmt.Println("list:",lst.GetAll())
+}
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func f (from string){
+	for i := 0; i<3; i++ {
+		fmt.Println(from,":",i)
+	}
+}
+
+func main(){
+	//suppose we have function call f(s)
+	//here is how wed call that in the usual way
+	//running it synchronously
+	f("direct")
+
+	//To invoke this function in a goroutine, use go f(s)
+	//This new goroutine will execute concurrently with the calling one
+	go f("goroutine")
+
+	//you can also start a goroutine for an anonymous function call
+	go func (msg string) {
+		fmt.Println(msg)
+	}("going")
+
+	//our two function calls are running async in seperate goroutines now.
+	//wait for them to finish (for a most robust approach use a WaitGroup)
+	time.Sleep(time.Second)
+	fmt.Println("done")
+}
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+package main
+import "fmt"
+func main(){
+	fmt.Println("hello world")
+}
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+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func main(){
+
+	//There are no ternary ifs in go
+
+	//basic if else
+	if 7%2 == 0 {
+		fmt.Println("7 is even")
+	} else {
+		fmt.Println("7 is odd")
+	}
+	//if doesnt need else
+	if 8%4 == 0 {
+		fmt.Println("8 is divisible by 4")
+	}
+
+	//You can use logical operators in if such as && and ||
+	if  7%2 == 0 || 8%2 == 0 {
+		fmt.Println("either 8 or 7 are even")
+	}
+
+	//a statement can precede conditionals;
+	// any variables declared in the statement
+	//are avalible in the current and all subsequent branches.
+	if num := 9; num < 0 {
+		fmt.Println(num, "is negative")
+	} else if num < 10 {
+		fmt.Println(num, "has 1 digit")
+	} else {
+		fmt.Println(num, "has multiple digits")
+	}
+}
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"math"
+)
+// here is a basic interface for geometric shapes
+type geometry interface {
+	area() float64
+	perim() float64
+}
+
+//for our example well implement this interface on rect and circle types
+type rect struct {
+	width,height float64
+}
+type circle struct {
+	radius float64
+}
+
+// to implement an interface in Go,
+//we just need to implement all the methods in the interface
+//here we do it for rectangles
+func (r rect) area() float64 {
+	return r.width * r.height
+}
+func (r rect) perim() float64 {
+	return 2*r.width + 2*r.height
+}
+//here we do it for circles
+func (c circle) area() float64 {
+	return math.Pi * c.radius * c.radius
+}
+func (c circle) perim() float64 {
+	return 2*math.Pi*c.radius
+}
+
+//if a variable has an interface type,
+// then we can call methods that are in the named interface
+//here's a generic measure function taking advantage of this 
+//to work on any geometry
+func measure(g geometry) {
+	fmt.Println(g)
+	fmt.Println(g.area())
+	fmt.Println(g.perim())
+}
+
+func main(){
+	r := rect{width: 3,height: 4}
+	c := circle{radius:5}
+
+	measure(r)
+	measure(c)
+}
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"maps"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	// to create an empty map, use the builtin make:
+	// make(map[key-type]val-type)
+	m := make(map[string]int)
+
+	//set key/value pairs using typical name[key] = val syntax
+	m["k1"] = 7
+	m["k2"] = 13
+
+	// printing a map with e.g.
+	// fmt.Println will show all of its key/value pairs
+	fmt.Println("map:",m)
+
+	// Get a value from a key with name[key]
+	// if the key doesn't exist the zero value of the value type is returned
+	
+	v1 := m["k1"]
+	fmt.Println("v1:",v1)
+
+	v3 := m["k3"]
+	fmt.Println("v3:",v3)
+
+	//the builtin len returns the number of key/value pairs when called on a map
+	fmt.Println("len:", len(m))
+
+	//the builtin delete removes key/value pairs from a map,
+	//use the clear builtin to remove all key/value pairs from a map.
+	delete(m, "k2")
+	fmt.Println("map:",m)
+
+	clear(m)
+	fmt.Println("map:",m)
+
+	// the optional second return value when getting the value
+	// from a map indicates if the key was present in the map allowing
+	// to diferentiate between default zero-values and values acutally stored as 0
+	// here we dont need the value itself so we ignore it with the _ or blank identifier
+	_, prs := m["k2"]
+	fmt.Println("prs:",prs)
+
+	//you can declare and initalize a new map in the same line with the following syntax:
+	n := map[string]int{"foo": 1,"bar": 2}
+	fmt.Println("map:", n)
+
+	//the map package also contains useful funcs for map such as .Equal
+	n2 := map[string]int{"foo": 1,"bar":2}
+	if maps.Equal(n,n2){
+		fmt.Println("n == n2")
+	}
+}
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+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+type rect struct {
+	width, height int
+}
+
+//this area method has a reciever type of *rect
+func (r *rect) area() int {
+	return r.width * r.height
+}
+
+// Methods can be defined for either pointer or value reciever types
+// heres an example of a value receiver
+func (r rect) perim() int {
+	return 2*r.width + 2*r.height
+}
+
+func main() {
+	r := rect{width:10,height:5}
+
+	//here we call the two methods defined for our struct
+	fmt.Println("area:",r.area())
+	fmt.Println("perim:",r.perim())
+
+	//Go automatically handles conversion between values and pointers for method calls.
+	//you may want to use a pointer receiver type to avoid copying on method calls or to allow
+	//the method to mutate the receiving struct
+
+	rp := &r
+	fmt.Println("area:",rp.area())
+	fmt.Println("perim:",rp.perim())
+}
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diff --git a/multi-return-values/mrv b/multi-return-values/mrv
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+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//the (int,int) in the func sig shows that the func returns 2 ints
+func vals()(int,int){
+	return 3,7
+}
+
+func main(){
+	//here we use the 2 different values from the call with multiple assignment
+	a,b := vals()
+	fmt.Println(a)
+	fmt.Println(b)
+	//if you only want a subset of the returned values use the blank identifier
+	_,c := vals()
+	fmt.Println(c)
+}
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diff --git a/pointers/pointers b/pointers/pointers
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diff --git a/pointers/pointers.go b/pointers/pointers.go
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+++ b/pointers/pointers.go
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+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+// go supports pointers allowing you to pass refs to values and records
+// in your program
+
+
+//this func takes in an int as a param
+func zeroval(ival int){
+	ival = 0
+}
+
+//this func takes in an pointer to an int as a parameter
+func zeroptr (iptr *int) {
+	*iptr = 0
+}
+
+func main() {
+	//display initial value of i
+	i := 1
+	fmt.Println("initial:",i)
+
+	//display the value of i after passing to zeroval
+	zeroval(i)
+	fmt.Println("zeroval:",i)
+
+	//display the value of the data @ the memory address of i aka i's pointer
+	zeroptr(&i)
+	fmt.Println("zeroptr:",i)
+
+	//pointers can be printed as well and will return their memory address
+	fmt.Println("pointer:",&i)
+
+	//zeroval doesnt change the val of i but zeroptr does because it edits the data at the memory address
+
+}
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+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func main(){
+	//here we use range to sum the numbers in a slice
+	nums := []int{2,3,4}
+	sum := 0
+	for _,num := range nums {
+		sum += num
+	}
+	fmt.Println("sum:",sum)
+
+	//range on arrays and slices provides both the index and value
+	// at each entry. above we didn't need the index, so we ignored it with the blank identifier
+	// but if we want the index we can use it like bellow
+	for i, num := range nums {
+		if num == 3 {
+			fmt.Println("index:",i)
+		}
+	}
+	//range on map iterates over the key value pairs.
+	kvs := map[string]string{"a":"apple","b":"banana"}
+	for k,v := range kvs{
+		fmt.Printf("%s -> %s\n",k,v)
+	}
+	//range can also iterate over just the keys of a map
+	for k := range kvs{
+		fmt.Println("key:",k)
+	}
+	// range on strings iterates over Unicode code points.
+	// the first value is the starting byte index of the rune
+	//and the second is the rune itself.
+	for i,c := range "go"{
+		fmt.Println(i,c)
+	}
+}
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+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+//this calls itself until it reaches the base case of fact(0)
+func fact(n int) int {
+	if n == 0 {
+		return 1
+	}
+	return n * fact(n-1)
+}
+
+func main() {
+	fmt.Println(fact(7))
+
+	// closures can also be recursive,
+	// but this requires the closure to be declared with
+	// a typed var explicitly before its defined
+	var fib func(n int) int
+
+	fib = func(n int) int {
+		if n < 2 {
+			return n
+		}
+		return fib(n-1) + fib(n-2)
+	}
+
+	//simce fib was previously declared in main Go knows which function to call with fib here
+	fmt.Println(fib(7))
+}
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+)
+//Go's select lets you wait on multiple channel
+//operations combining goroutines and channels with select
+//is a powerful feature of go
+func main(){
+	//For our example well select across two channels.
+	c1 := make(chan string)
+	c2 := make(chan string)
+
+
+	//each channel will receive a value after some
+	//amount of time, to simulate e.g. blocking RPC
+	//operations executing in concurrent goroutines
+	go func(){
+		time.Sleep(1*time.Second)
+		c1 <- "one"
+	}()
+	go func(){
+		time.Sleep(2*time.Second)
+		c2 <- "two"
+	}()
+
+
+	//we'll use select to await both of these values
+	//simultaneously, printing each one as it arrives.
+	for i := 0; i < 2; i++ {
+		select{
+			case msg1 := <-c1:
+				fmt.Println("received", msg1)
+			case msg2 := <-c2:
+				fmt.Println("received", msg2)
+		}
+	}
+}
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"slices"
+)
+
+func main(){
+	// Unlike arrays, slices are typed only by the elements they contain.
+	// not the number of elements.
+	// an uninitalized slice equals to nil and has a len of 0
+	var s []string
+	fmt.Println("uninit:", s, s == nil, len(s) == 0)
+
+	// to create an emply slice with non-zero length,
+	// use the builtin make. here we make a slice of strings of length 3 (initally zero-valued)
+	// by default a new slice's capacity == its len if we know the slice is going to grow ahead of time
+	// its possible to pass a capacity explicitly as an additional parameter to make.
+	s = make([]string, 3)
+	fmt.Println("emp:", s, len(s), "cap:", cap(s))
+
+	//setting and getting vars works just like arrays
+	s[0] = "a"
+	s[1] = "b"
+	s[2] = "c"
+	fmt.Println("set:", s)
+	fmt.Println("get:", s[2])
+	// len reutrns the length of the slice as expected.
+	fmt.Println("len:", len(s))
+	// in addition to these basic opertaions,
+	// slices support several more than make them richer than arrays.
+	// One is the builtin append which returns a slice containing
+	// one or more new values. Note that we need to accept a return value
+	//from append as we make get a new slice value. 
+	s = append(s, "")
+	s = append(s, "e", "f")
+
+	// slices can be copy'd
+	// below we create an empty slice c
+	// of the same len as s and copy into c from s
+	c := make([]string, len(s))
+	copy(c,s)
+	fmt.Println("cpy:",c)
+
+	//slices also support a slice operator with the syntax slice[low:high].
+	// for example this gets a slice of the elements s[2],s[3],s[4]
+	l := s[2:5]
+	fmt.Println("sl1", l)
+
+	l = s[:5]
+	fmt.Println("sl2", l)
+
+	l = s[2:]
+	fmt.Println("sl3", l)
+
+	//single line declaration and initalization of a slice
+	t := []string{"g","h","i"}
+
+	//the slices package has plenty of useful funcs for slices like .Equal
+	t2 := []string{"g","h","i"}
+	if slices.Equal(t,t2){
+		fmt.Println("t == t2")
+	}
+
+	// Slices can be composed into multi-dimensional data structues,
+	// the length of the inner slices can vary, unlike with multi-dimensional arrays.
+	twoD := make([][]int, 3)
+	for i := 0; i < 3; i ++ {
+		innerLen := i + 1
+		twoD[i] = make([]int, innerLen)
+		for j := 0; j < innerLen; j++ {
+			twoD[i][j] = i + j
+		}
+	}
+	fmt.Println("2d: ", twoD)
+}
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"unicode/utf8"	
+)
+
+func main() {
+	// s is a string assigned a literal value representing the
+	// word "hello" in the Thai language.
+	// Go string literals are UTF-8 encoded text.
+	const s = "สวัสดี"
+	//Since strings are equivalent to []byte,
+	//this will produce the length of the raw bytes stored within
+	fmt.Println("len:", len(s))
+
+	// indexing into a string produces the raw byte values at each index.
+	// This loop generates the hex values of all the bytes
+	// that constitute the code points in s.
+	for i := 0; i < len(s); i++ {
+		fmt.Printf("%x ", s[i])
+	}
+	fmt.Println()
+	// To count how many runes are in a string,
+	// we ca can use the utf8 package. Note that
+	// the run-time of RuneCountInString depends on the size of the string
+	// due to having to decode each rune sequentially.
+	// Some Thai characters are represented by multiple UTF-8 code points,
+	// so the result of this count may be suprising.
+	fmt.Println("Rune count:",utf8.RuneCountInString(s))
+	// A range loop handles strings specially and decodes each rune
+	// along with it's offset in the string
+	for idx, runeValue := range s {
+		fmt.Printf("%#U Starts at %d\n", runeValue, idx)
+	}
+	//we can achieve the same iteration by using the utf8.DecodeRuneInString function explicitly
+	fmt.Println("\nUsing DecodeRuneInString")
+	for i,w := 0,0; i < len(s); i += w {
+		runeValue, width := utf8.DecodeRuneInString(s[i:])
+		fmt.Printf("%#U starts at %d\n", runeValue, i)
+		w = width
+		// This demonstrates passing a rune to a func
+		examineRune(runeValue)
+	}
+}
+
+// Values enclosed in single quotes are rune literals.
+// we can compare a rune value to a rune literal directly.
+func examineRune(r rune) {
+	if r == 't' {
+		fmt.Println("found tee")
+	} else if r == 'ส' {
+		fmt.Println("found so sua")
+	}
+}
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+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+
+//Go struct embedding allows for structs to be embedded into interfaces
+// to express a more seamless composition of types.
+type base struct {
+	num int
+}
+
+func (b base) describe() string{
+	return fmt.Sprintf("base with num=%v",b.num)
+}
+
+//a container embeds a base
+//an embedding looks like a field without a name
+type container struct {
+	base
+	str string
+}
+
+
+func main(){
+
+		//when creating structs with literals, we have to
+		//initalize the embedding explicitly;
+		// here the embedded types serve as the field name
+		co := container{
+		base: base {
+			num: 1,
+		},
+		str: "some name",
+	}
+
+	//we can access the base's fields directly on co, e.g. co.num
+	fmt.Printf("co={num: %v str: %v}\n", co.num, co.str)
+
+	//alternativly we can spell out the full path using the embedded type name
+	fmt.Println("also num:", co.base.num)
+	//since container embeds base, the methods of base also become the methods of container
+	//here we invoke a method that was embedded from base directly on co
+	fmt.Println("describe:", co.describe())
+
+	//Embedding structs with methods may be used
+	// to bestow interface implementations onto other structs.
+	// here we see that container now implements the describer interface because it
+	// embeds base
+	type describer interface {
+		describe() string
+	}
+	var d describer = co
+	fmt.Println("describer:", d.describe())
+}
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+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+// Structs are typed collections of fields.
+// they're useful for grouping data together to form records
+// the person struct type has name and age fields
+type person struct {
+	name string
+	age int
+}
+
+// newPerson constructs a new person struct with the given name
+// you can safely return a pointer to local variable as a local variable
+// will survive the scope of the func
+func newPerson(name string) *person {
+	p := person{name: name}
+	p.age = 42
+	return &p
+}
+
+func main(){
+	// This syntax creates a new struct
+	fmt.Println(person{"Bob", 20})
+	//you can name the fields when initalizing the struct
+	fmt.Println(person{name: "Alice", age: 30})
+	//omitted fields will be zero-valued
+	fmt.Println(person{name:"Fred"})
+	//an & prefix yields a pointer to the struct
+	fmt.Println(&person{name:"Ann",age: 40})
+	//its idiomatic to encapsulate new struct creation in constructor functions
+	fmt.Println(newPerson("Jon"))
+
+	//access struct fields with . notation
+	s := person{name: "Sean", age: 50}
+	fmt.Println(s.name)
+
+	// you can also use . notation with struct pointers - the pointers are
+	// automatically dereferenced
+	sp := &s
+	fmt.Println(sp.age)
+
+	// structs are mutable
+	sp.age = 51
+	fmt.Println(sp.age)
+
+	// if a struct type is only used for a single value
+	// we dont have to give it a name
+	// the value can have an anonymous struct type.
+	// this tech is used commonly in table driven tests
+	dog := struct {
+		name string
+		isGood bool
+	}{
+		"Rex",
+		true,
+	}
+	fmt.Println(dog)
+}
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func main() {
+
+	// Basic switch default is optional
+	i := 2
+	fmt.Print("Write", i, " as ")
+	switch i {
+		case 1:
+			fmt.Println("one")
+		case 2:
+			fmt.Println("two")
+		case 3:
+			fmt.Println("three")
+	}
+
+	// Commas can seperate multiple expressions in the same case statement.
+	switch time.Now().Weekday() {
+		case time.Saturday, time.Sunday:
+			fmt.Println("It's the weekend")
+		default:
+			fmt.Println("It's a weekday")
+	}
+
+	//switch without an expression is a alternate way to express if/else logic
+	t := time.Now()
+	switch {
+		case t.Hour() < 12:
+			fmt.Println("It's before noon")
+		default:
+			fmt.Println("It's afte noon")
+	}
+
+	// a type switch compares types instead of values.
+	//you can use this to discorver the type of an interface value. 
+	whatAmI := func(i interface{}){
+		switch t := i.(type) {
+			case bool:
+				fmt.Println("I'm a bool")
+			case int:
+				fmt.Println("I'm an int")
+			default:
+				fmt.Printf("Don't know the type %T\n",t)
+		}
+	}
+	whatAmI(true)
+	whatAmI(1)
+	whatAmI("hey")
+}
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diff --git a/timeouts/timeouts.go b/timeouts/timeouts.go
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+++ b/timeouts/timeouts.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	
+}
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+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func main(){
+	// Strings which can be concatinated by +
+	fmt.Println("go"+"lang")
+	// Strings can be iterpolated with a result
+	// of an expression using fmt.Println and
+	// seperating the expression and string by a ,
+	// in this case the string is interpolated with
+	// a sum of ints and sum of floats
+	fmt.Println("1+1=",1+1)
+	fmt.Println("7.0/3.0=",7.0/3.0)
+
+	// Booleans and boolean operators
+	fmt.Println(true && false)
+	fmt.Println(true || false)
+	fmt.Println(!true)
+}
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+package main
+import "fmt"
+
+func main(){
+	// var declares 1 or more variables.
+	var a = "initial"
+	fmt.Println(a)
+	// You can declare multiple variables at once.
+	var b,c int = 1,2
+	fmt.Println(b,c)
+
+	// Go will infer the type of initialized variables.
+	var d = true
+	fmt.Println(d)
+   	
+	// Variables declared without a corresponding
+	// initialization are zero-valued. For example,
+	// the zero value for an int is 0.
+	var e int
+	fmt.Println(e)
+	// The := syntax is shorthand for declaring and
+	// initializing a variable, e.g. 
+	// for var f string = "apple" in this case.
+	// This syntax is only available inside functions.
+	f := "apple"
+	fmt.Println(f)
+}
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+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+// below is a func that takes in an arbitrary number of ints as args
+func sum(nums ...int) {
+	fmt.Print(nums, " ")
+	total := 0
+	for _, num := range nums {
+		total += num
+	}
+	fmt.Println(total)
+}
+
+func main(){
+	sum(1,2)
+	sum(1,2,3)
+	nums := []int{1,2,3,4}
+	sum(nums...)
+}
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