Your code sends string
s on the channel properly:
func doStuff(s string, ch chan string){
ch <- s
}
The problem is at the receiver side:
results := <- c
fmt.Println("channel size = ", len(results))
// print the items in channel
for _,r := range results {
fmt.Println(string(r))
}
results
will be a single value received from the channel (the first value sent on it). And you print the length of this string
.
Then you loop over this string (results
) using a for range
which loops over its rune
s, and you print those.
What you want is loop over the values of the channel:
// print the items in channel
for s := range c {
fmt.Println(s)
}
This when run will result in a runtime panic:
fatal error: all goroutines are asleep - deadlock!
Because you never close the channel, and a for range
on a channel runs until the channel is closed. So you have to close the channel sometime.
For example let's wait 1 second, then close it:
go func() {
time.Sleep(time.Second)
close(c)
}()
This way your app will run and quit after 1 second. Try it on the <kbd>Go Playground</kbd>.
Another, nicer solution is to use sync.WaitGroup
: this waits until all goroutines are done doing their work (sending a value on the channel), then it closes the channel (so there is no unnecessary wait / delay).
var wg = sync.WaitGroup{}
func doStuff(s string, ch chan string) {
ch <- s
wg.Done()
}
// And in main():
for i := 0; i < len(loops); i++ {
wg.Add(1)
go doStuff("helloooo", c)
}
go func() {
wg.Wait()
close(c)
}()
Try this one on the <kbd>Go Playground</kbd>.
Notes:
To repeat something 5 times, you don't need that ugly loops
array. Simply do:
for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
// Do something
}