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Timeout Using Select

Explore how to implement timeout patterns using Go's select statement in concurrent programming. Understand setting timers to control loops and message handling, and apply these techniques to scenarios like quizzes or time-limited calculations.

Overview of timeout using select

The select statement randomly selects a case from all the case statements that are ready to execute. As the name suggests, the timeout pattern that uses select exits the select clause once the timer completes. Let’s suppose we’re running an ...