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How to get property of struct by name?

I have this struct definition : 

// Two columns, both strings.
type ExampleStructItem struct {
    Firstname string
    Surname string
}

and I have this slice of column names : 

columns := []string{"Firstname", "Surname"}

and I am essentially trying to loop through my slice of column names, and then perform reflection on the corresponding struct to get information about the properties, such as their "Kind" etc.

Solution

  • Just use Type.FieldByName()

    var ex ExampleStructItem
t := reflect.TypeOf(ex)

for _, name := range columns {

    field, ok := t.FieldByName(name)
    if ok {
        k := field.Type.Kind()
    } else {
        // error handling
    }

}

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