How to append data to a file in GoLang 1.20
0In this video we are going to generate source code for the GoLang Program, How to append data to a file using chatGPT.
After generating we will verify and run the generated code.
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##############SOURCE CODE#########################
package main
import (
"fmt"
"os"
)
func main() {
// Open the file for appending. If it doesn't exist, create it with write permissions.
file, err := os.OpenFile("example.txt", os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE, 0644)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
return
}
defer file.Close()
// Write data to the end of the file.
data := []byte("Hello, world!\n")
if _, err = file.Write(data); err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
return
}
fmt.Println("Data appended to file successfully.")
}
Below is the explanation for the program:
In this program, we first use the os.OpenFile function to open the file example.txt for appending.
The os.O_WRONLY and os.O_APPEND flags indicate that we want to write to the file and append to the end of it, respectively.
The os.O_CREATE flag tells OpenFile to create the file if it doesn't already exist. We also specify the file permissions with the 0644 argument.
Next, we defer closing the file with defer file.Close() to ensure that the file is closed when the function returns.
Finally, we write the data we want to append to the file with file.Write(data).
We check for any errors that may occur during the write operation and print a success message if there are none.
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