Golang decode map[string]float where float is encoded as string

Question

So I'm dealing with an api that provides a json object that maps a string to a float, however, they encode the float as a string.

I know that you can use tags in the struct to say when an individual float is encoded as a string:

Item float64 `json:",string"`

I'm not necessarily against the idea of using an interface{} as the value in the map, but it just strikes me that there should be a way to do it.

Milan Halada · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-18 10:27:05Z

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How about using json.Number? Example: http://play.golang.org/p/JiAA1HORuV No idea if its the best way to do it though...

answered Feb 18, 2014 at 10:27

Milan Halada

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It'll do, at least more consistent than using strconv I feel.