如何在Go中反转数组？

Question

http://play.golang.org/p/W70J4GU7nA

  s := []int{5, 2, 6, 3, 1, 4}
  sort.Reverse(sort.IntSlice(s))
  fmt.Println(s)
  // 5, 2, 6, 3, 1, 4

It is hard to understand what it means in func Reverse(data Interface) Interface .

How do I reverse an array? I do not need to sort.

Answer 1

Normally, to sort an array of integers you wrap them in an IntSlice, which defines the methods Len, Less, and Swap. These methods are in turn used by sort.Sort. What sort.Reverse does is that it takes an existing type that defines Len, Less, and Swap, but it replaces the Less method with a new one that is always the inverse of the underlying Less:

type reverse struct {
    // This embedded Interface permits Reverse to use the methods of
    // another Interface implementation.
    Interface
}

// Less returns the opposite of the embedded implementation's Less method.
func (r reverse) Less(i, j int) bool {
    return r.Interface.Less(j, i)
}

// Reverse returns the reverse order for data.
func Reverse(data Interface) Interface {
    return &reverse{data}
}

So when you write sort.Reverse(sort.IntSlice(s)), whats happening is that you're getting this new, 'modified' IntSlice that has it's Less method replaced. So if you call sort.Sort on it, which calls Less, it will get sorted in decreasing order.