Go Function closures

Go functions may be closures. A closure is a function value that references variables from outside its body. The function may access and assign to the referenced variables; in this sense the function is "bound" to the variables.

For example, the adder function returns a closure. Each closure is bound to its own sum variable.

Go Function closures example

package main

import "fmt"

func adder() func(int) int {
	sum := 0
	return func(x int) int {
		sum += x
		return sum
	}
}

func main() {
	pos, neg := adder(), adder()
	for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
		fmt.Println(
			pos(i),
			neg(-2*i),
		)
	}
}

Output

0 0
1 -2
3 -6
6 -12
10 -20
15 -30
21 -42
28 -56
36 -72
45 -90

Go Function closures another example

package main

import "fmt"

func intSeq() func() int {
    i := 0
    return func() int {
        i++
        return i
    }
}

func main() {

    nextInt := intSeq()

    fmt.Println(nextInt())
    fmt.Println(nextInt())
    fmt.Println(nextInt())

    newInts := intSeq()
    fmt.Println(newInts())
}

Output

1
2
3
1

Conclusion

In this page (written and validated by A. Gawali) you learned about Go Function closures . What's Next? If you are interested in completing Go tutorial, your next topic will be learning about: Go Structs.

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