Array value types in Golang

array_value_types.go

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	
)

func changeArray(numbers [5]int) {
	numbers[0] = 55 /* Passed by value */
	fmt.Println("Changed numbers ::", numbers)
}

func main() {

	/*Arrays are value types*/
	countries := [...]string{"USA", "UK", "AU"}
	mycountries := countries
	mycountries[1] = "NZ" /* Change in mycountries does not change countries */

	fmt.Println(countries, mycountries) /* Prints: [USA UK AU] [USA NZ AU]*/

	numbers := [...]int{1, 2, 4, 5, 8}
	changeArray(numbers)                      /* Prints: Changed numbers :: [55 2 4 5 8]*/
	fmt.Println("Original numbers:", numbers) /* Original array is unchanged, Prints: Original numbers: [1 2 4 5 8] */

}