Go slice helper functions

Overview

Install with:

go get github.com/hamba/slices

Usage

Contains

Contains is a generic slice contains function.

Supports: bool, string, int, int8, int16, int32, int64, uint, uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64, float32, float64

slice := []string{"foo", "bar"}
v := "bar"

fmt.Println(slices.Contains(slice, v))
// Outputs: true

GreaterOf

GreaterOf returns a greater function for the given slice type for slice sorting.

Supports: string, int, int8, int16, int32, int64, uint, uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64, float32, float64

slice := []string{"foo", "bar"}
sort.Slice(slice, slices.GreaterOf(slice))

fmt.Println(slice)
// Outputs: [foo bar]

LesserOf

LesserOf returns a lesser function for the given slice type for slice sorting.

Supports: string, int, int8, int16, int32, int64, uint, uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64, float32, float64

slice := []string{"foo", "bar"}
sort.Slice(slice, slices.LesserOf(slice))

fmt.Println(slice)
// Outputs: [bar foo]

Intersect

Intersect returns the intersection of 2 slices.

Supports: string, int, int8, int16, int32, int64, uint, uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64, float32, float64

slice := []string{"foo", "bar", "baz", "bat"}
other := []string{"bar", "baz", "test"}

fmt.Println(slices.Intersect(slice, other))
// Outputs: [bar baz]

Except

Except returns the all elements in the first slice that are not in the second.

Supports: string, int, int8, int16, int32, int64, uint, uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64, float32, float64

slice := []string{"foo", "bar", "baz", "bat"}
other := []string{"bar", "baz", "test"}

fmt.Println(slices.Except(slice, other))
// Outputs: [foo bat]

Benchmark

BenchmarkContains-8          	35621572	        30.5 ns/op	       0 B/op	       0 allocs/op
BenchmarkContainsNative-8    	50106157	        23.9 ns/op	       0 B/op	       0 allocs/op
BenchmarkExcept-8            	 6070610	       200 ns/op	      96 B/op	       2 allocs/op
BenchmarkExceptNative-8      	 5933550	       193 ns/op	      96 B/op	       2 allocs/op
BenchmarkGreaterOf-8         	 6290626	       189 ns/op	      80 B/op	       3 allocs/op
BenchmarkGreaterOfNative-8   	 8201284	       149 ns/op	      64 B/op	       2 allocs/op
BenchmarkIntersect-8         	 6012298	       196 ns/op	      96 B/op	       2 allocs/op
BenchmarkIntersectNative-8   	 6305799	       198 ns/op	      96 B/op	       2 allocs/op
BenchmarkLesserOf-8          	 6449050	       189 ns/op	      80 B/op	       3 allocs/op
BenchmarkLesserOfNative-8    	 8077785	       149 ns/op	      64 B/op	       2 allocs/op

Always benchmark with your own workload. The result depends heavily on the data input.