How to convert byte array to map[string,string] in golang

Question

I want to convert byte array to map[string,string] using golang. I tried this:

var byte := json.Marshal(input)
var map := make(map[string]string *byte) // NOT WORKING

if byte holds value like {\"hello\":\"world\",...} How to create the map from byte array

Please help.

The code you posted makes not much sense (it has multiple compilation errors). Please explain in greater detail what you want (edit the question). — icza
– icza, Commented Jun 2, 2016 at 10:33
What is a map[string]string *byte supposed to be? Your syntax has too many errors to try and guess. — Mr_Pink
– Mr_Pink, Commented Jun 2, 2016 at 10:51
Please take a look at: blog.golang.org/json-and-go to further understand how to do what you want — Widerberg
– Widerberg, Commented Jun 2, 2016 at 11:16

plusmid · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-02 14:31:32Z

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You probably want to do something like

m := make(map[string]string)
err := json.Unmarshal(input, &m)

This creates a new map[string]string and unmarshals a byte array into it.

answered Jun 2, 2016 at 14:31

plusmid

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