Build Twitter List Function

buildTwitterListFunction.go

func buildTwitterList() []string {
	theFile := viper.GetString("file")
	theTwitterers, err := ioutil.ReadFile(theFile)
	check(err)
	stringTwitterers := string(theTwitterers[:])
	splitFields := strings.Fields(stringTwitterers)
	var completedTwittererList []string
	for _, aField := range splitFields {
		if strings.HasPrefix(aField, "@") && aField != "@" {
			reg, _ := regexp.Compile("[^a-zA-Z0-9_@]")
			processedString := reg.ReplaceAllString(aField, "")
			completedTwittererList = append(completedTwittererList, processedString)
		}
	}
	return completedTwittererList
}