how-to-format-string-with-an-integer.md

How to format integer

package main
import "fmt"

func main() {
  res := fmt.Sprintf("Number: %10d", 123)
  fmt.Println(res)
}

• package main - default package declaration
• import "fmt" - loads fmt package to operate on strings (and print them)
• fmt.Sprintf( - formats given string based on a given template and return result
• %10d - sample number formatting placeholder, will pad number to 10 spaces on the left
• 123 - sample integer value to format
• res - variable will contain formatted value

group: int_format

Example:

package main
import "fmt"

func main() {
  res := fmt.Sprintf("Number: %10d", 123)
  fmt.Println(res)
}

Number:        123