// Copyright 2011 The Go Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. package bytes_test import ( "bytes" "encoding/base64" "fmt" "io" "os" "sort" ) func ExampleBuffer() { var b bytes.Buffer // A Buffer needs no initialization. b.Write([]byte("Hello ")) fmt.Fprintf(&b, "world!") b.WriteTo(os.Stdout) // Output: Hello world! } func ExampleBuffer_reader() { // A Buffer can turn a string or a []byte into an io.Reader. buf := bytes.NewBufferString("R29waGVycyBydWxlIQ==") dec := base64.NewDecoder(base64.StdEncoding, buf) io.Copy(os.Stdout, dec) // Output: Gophers rule! } func ExampleCompare() { // Interpret Compare's result by comparing it to zero. var a, b []byte if bytes.Compare(a, b) < 0 { // a less b } if bytes.Compare(a, b) <= 0 { // a less or equal b } if bytes.Compare(a, b) > 0 { // a greater b } if bytes.Compare(a, b) >= 0 { // a greater or equal b } // Prefer Equal to Compare for equality comparisons. if bytes.Equal(a, b) { // a equal b } if !bytes.Equal(a, b) { // a not equal b } } func ExampleCompare_search() { // Binary search to find a matching byte slice. var needle []byte var haystack [][]byte // Assume sorted i := sort.Search(len(haystack), func(i int) bool { // Return haystack[i] >= needle. return bytes.Compare(haystack[i], needle) >= 0 }) if i < len(haystack) && bytes.Equal(haystack[i], needle) { // Found it! } } func ExampleTrimSuffix() { var b = []byte("Hello, goodbye, etc!") b = bytes.TrimSuffix(b, []byte("goodbye, etc!")) b = bytes.TrimSuffix(b, []byte("gopher")) b = append(b, bytes.TrimSuffix([]byte("world!"), []byte("x!"))...) os.Stdout.Write(b) // Output: Hello, world! } func ExampleTrimPrefix() { var b = []byte("Goodbye,, world!") b = bytes.TrimPrefix(b, []byte("Goodbye,")) b = bytes.TrimPrefix(b, []byte("See ya,")) fmt.Printf("Hello%s", b) // Output: Hello, world! }