Golang library has provided the split function in strings package to split the string by a separator and return the slice of substrings.

Split

Syntax

func Split(s, sep string) []string

Split the string by separator ,. Don't forget the white space.

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "strings"
)

func main() {
    var greeting string = "Namaste, India"

    // separate string using ', '
    arr := strings.Split(greeting, ", ")
    fmt.Println(arr)
}

Output

[Namaste India]

Try it

func SplitAfter

SplitAfter function split the string after the separator. It is useful when you want to include the sperator.

var greeting string = "Namaste, India"

// separate string using ', '
arr := strings.SplitAfter(greeting, ", ")
fmt.Println(arr)

Output

[Namaste,  India]

There are other Split variation available in golang. Like SplitAfterN, SplitN

func Fields

Fields split the strings by n consecutive white spaces around a string.

var greeting string = "Happy                 New   Year"
// separate string using n white spaces
arr := strings.Fields(greeting)
fmt.Println(arr)

Output

[Happy New Year]

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