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Solution 2: Reflection and Interfaces

Solution 2: Reflection and Interfaces

Let’s solve the challenges set in the previous lesson.

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Problem 1: Solution

Here is the integration of the functionality of sortCSV.go in phonebook.go.

Mihalis,Tsoukalos,210,9416471,1609310706
Dimitris,Tsoukalos,210,9416871,1609310731
Mihalis,Tsoukalos,210,9416571,1609310717
Dimitris,Tsoukalos,210,9416971,1609310734
Jane,Doe,0800,123456,1609310777
phoneBook.go

Code explanation

The code reads data from a CSV file, either in Format 1 or Format 2. Format 1 has four fields (name, surname, telephone, last access date), and Format 2 has five fields (name, surname, area code, telephone, last access date). The program determines the format of the file by looking at the number of fields in the first line.

The data is read from the file and stored in a slice of structures (Book1 or Book2, depending on the format of the file). The program then sorts the data by certain fields and displays the results.

  • Lines 12–26: Define the struct types F1 and F2 for the two formats of the CSV file.

  • Lines 28–29: ...