Go append a string to an array of array of interface

Question

Trying to add a string to an initialised array of array of interfaces.

matrix := [][]interface{}{{"cat", "cat", "cat"}}
a := [][]interface{}{{"tiger"}}
matrix = append(matrix, a...)

Output:

[[cat cat cat] [tiger]]

But I wanted tiger in together with [[cat cat cat tiger]] like this.

what does `matrix := [][][[cat cat cat] [tiger]]{}{{"cat", "cat", "cat"}}` mean? It's not valid Go code. — Erwin Bolwidt, Sep 05 '22 at 08:14

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 05 '22 at 06:58

You are adding an array of interface (a...) to matrix an array of array of interface:
your array of array (matrix) has now two arrays.

You would need to add to the first element of that array (matrix[0]), in order to keep one array inside your array of array.

Example: https://goplay.tools/snippet/QcPTYIh1wJR

package main

import (
    "fmt"
)

func main() {
    matrix := [][]interface{}{{"cat", "cat", "cat"}}
    a := [][]interface{}{{"tiger"}}
    matrix = append(matrix, a...)
    fmt.Println("matrix :", matrix)

    matrix2 := [][]interface{}{{"cat", "cat", "cat"}}
    b := append(matrix2[0], a[0]...)
    matrix2[0] = b
    fmt.Println("matrix2: ", matrix2)
}

Output:

matrix : [[cat cat cat] [tiger]]
matrix2:  [[cat cat cat tiger]]

Go append a string to an array of array of interface

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