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Golang Miscellaneous Operators

Last Updated : April 19, 2025

There are a few other special operators which are used in the Golang. Here is the list of some other/miscellaneous operators which are used in the Golang.

List of Miscellaneous Operators

Operator	Description	Example x:=5 y:=3
Address Of (&)	Returns the address of a variable.	&x
Pointer to a variable (*)	Returns the value of a pointer variable.	*x
Receive (<-)	This operator is used to receive a value from the channel.	y := <-ch

Example of Miscellaneous Operators

The below Golang program is demonstrating the example of miscellaneous operators.

// Golang program demonstrate the
// example of assignment operators

package main

import "fmt"

func sum(s []int, c chan int) {
	sum := 0
	for _, v := range s {
		sum += v
	}
	c <- sum // send sum to c
}

func main() {
	x := 5

	// Address Of operator
	ptr := &x
	fmt.Println(*ptr)

	// Pointer to variable
	*ptr = 10
	fmt.Println(x)

	// Channel Example
	intslice := []int{7, 2, 8, -9, 4, 0}

	chnl := make(chan int)
	go sum(intslice[:len(intslice)/2], chnl)
	go sum(intslice[len(intslice)/2:], chnl)
	a, b := <-chnl, <-chnl // receive from chnl

	fmt.Println(a, b, a+b)
}

Output:

5
10
-5 17 12

Go Miscellaneous Operators Exercise

Select the correct option to complete each statement about miscellaneous operators in Go.

1. The operator ___ is used to obtain the size of a variable in Go. --Select-- len sizeof type
2. The operator ___ is used to get the address of a variable in Go. --Select-- & * @
3. The operator ___ is used to dereference a pointer in Go. --Select-- & * ->

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