Trying to make a slice and having problems with literals and pointers. It looks like when appending onto my slice it does not like the fact of being handed a pointer. For instance I have a package type I made called components and holds type Component. See below.
package components
import ()
type Component struct {
Name string
Element string
Color string
}
func (c *Component) SetName(name string) {
c.Name = name
}
func (c *Component) SetElement(element string) {
c.Element = element
}
func (c *Component) SetColor(color string) {
c.Color = color
}
func (c *Component) GetName() string {
return c.Name
}
func (c *Component) GetColor() string {
return c.Color
}
func (c *Component) GetElement() string {
return c.Element
}
func NewComponent(name string, color string, element string) *Component {
c := &Component{}
c.SetName(name)
c.SetColor(color)
c.SetElement(element)
return c
}
Now I am attempting to make a slice to put all my components into I am making spellcasting components like Snow,Sand,Sunbeam,Springwater etc.
//Creating SpringWater Component with Setters
SpringWater := components.Component{}
SpringWater.SetName("SpringWater")
SpringWater.SetColor("Blue")
SpringWater.SetElement("Water")
//Creating Sand Component using the Constructor
Sand := components.NewComponent("Sand", "Red", "Earth")
ERROR HAPPENS HERE ON COMPLILE: compSlice := make([]components.Component, 5) compSlice = append(compSlice, SpringWater, Sand)
ERROR: Cannot use Sand as type (*components.Component) as type components.Component in append.
Now using the Setters and Setting the Fields DIRECT I can add it to a slice however using the method it returns a *pointer and the Slice will not comply. I am just not understanding and having a difficult issue. Keep in mind I am new to programming and basically come from scripting so forgive me on this and have seen similar questions but do not understand in this context.
