Means: "just ignore the result at the _ position"
On Fri, Nov 4, 2022, 19:02 Jan Mercl <0xj...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 4, 2022 at 6:54 PM Canuto <testvari2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'm just starting out with go ... > > I have searched for lights on this string but without success. > > What does this sign mean " _, err " , what the underscore symbol means > here ? > > > > func generateSalt() string { > > randomBytes := make([]byte, 16) > > _, err := rand.Read(randomBytes) > > if err != nil { > > return "" } > > The language specification is the best place where to look for such > information: https://go.dev/ref/spec#Blank_identifier > > -- > 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. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CAA40n-WgGJ4uYQ1qG-JDATG06PTWu3D%3DEf-t-PtH_QGOnEr0kQ%40mail.gmail.com > . > -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CAMu-2GKz6y0SUxQr8ajOLFPtZOtmpMksFjYw4DWonPB14KdOHA%40mail.gmail.com.