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Type Aliasing

Type Aliasing

This lesson takes a look at the concept of aliasing using an example

To define methods on a type you don’t “own”, you need to define an alias​ for the type you want to extend.

Example

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package main
import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
)
type MyStr string //using MyStr as an alias for type string
func (s MyStr) Uppercase() string {
	return strings.ToUpper(string(s))
}
func main() {
	fmt.Println(MyStr("test").Uppercase())
}

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