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Final Touches to the Initial Version of colStats

Final Touches to the Initial Version of colStats

Learn how to implement the colStats tool without optimization.

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Creating the main.go file

We create the file main.go to define the main() function. We open the file and add the package and import sections.

We’ll need the following packages:

  • flag: To parse command-line options.
  • fmt: To print formatted output and create new errors.
  • io: So we can use the io.Writer interface.
  • os: To interact with the operating system.

package main
import (
  "flag"
  "fmt"
  "io"
  "os"
)
Adding the package and import section

Creating the main() function

Next, we create the function main() to parse the command-line arguments and call the function run(), which is responsible for the main logic of the tool.

func main() {
  // Verify and parse arguments
  op := flag.String("op", "sum", "Operation to be executed")
  column := flag.Int("col", 1, "CSV column on which to execute operation")
  flag.Parse()
  if err := run(flag.Args(), *op, *column, os.Stdout); err != nil {
    fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
    os.Exit(1)
  }
}
Adding the package and import section

If the run() function returns any errors, we print them out to ...