Create/use a pointer to a slice of pointers

slice_of_pointers.go

// Check it out in go playground:
// https://go.dev/play/p/4FJZ7109K4U
package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
	p := NewPointers()

	fmt.Printf("\nthe complete pointer to slice of pointers (c): %#v\n", p)

	fmt.Printf("\n(a)value of first entry (a): %#v\n", *(*p)[0])
	fmt.Printf("\n(b)value of second entry (b): %#v\n", *(*p)[1])
}

// NewPointers creates a pointer to a slice of pointers of strings
func NewPointers() *[]*string {
	a := "a"
	b := "b"

	c := make([]*string, 2)

	c[0] = &a
	c[1] = &b

	return &c
}