On Wed, May 23, 2018, 5:59 AM Sankar <sankar.curios...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Is there a way to use a slice as a key to a map ? If I try, I get a
> compilation error: `invalid map key type`.
>
> I tried creating a custom type, which contains an array as the element.
> However, I could not find out what method to implement for my custom
> type(such as: func (i *myType) Equal(j *myType) bool ) that would make the
> equality operator call this function.
>
> An example program, where I needed to use a slice/array as the key of a
> map is also available at: https://play.golang.org/p/kXwAaHckL76
>
> Is there a way (or alternate solutions) to use a slice as the map key ?
>

Use an array instead of a slice. An array has a fixed size and can be used
as a key to a map

https://play.golang.org/p/xxxmrwpx08A


> Thanks.
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