Roger and Jan have given you good answers, but if you want to make use of an existing *small *package, check out
https://github.com/suntong/enum On Monday, April 15, 2019 at 4:52:52 AM UTC-4, Sankar wrote: > > Hi, > > I have the following Go type. > > ``` > type weekday string > > const ( > Monday weekday = "Monday" > Tuesday = "Tuesday" > . > . > . > ) > ``` > > Now I have a function that receives a string parameter and I want to > evaluate if it s a valid weekday or not. Say: > > ``` > func handler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { > > // Parse req.body and get a day string > > day := "Tuesday" // Valid day > day := "tuesday" // Invalid day > day := "123819283" // Invalid day > > } > ``` > > I want to evaluate if the string variable `day` is one of the valid > permitted values for the [Ww]eekday custom type. What is the recommended / > right go way of doing this ? > > Thanks. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
