Golang variables

Assignment

// declare and assign variable
var name string
name = "foo"

// declare and assign var in one step
var name string = "foo"

// declare and assign variable, inferring type
name := "foo"

Type Conversion

float32(123) == 123.         // cast int as float32
string(107) == "k"          // retrieve char for 107 in ascii chart
strconv.Itoa(107) == "107"  // represent 107 as string