Wondering what the maximum integer value is in the go language? Wonder no more!!!

max-integer-by-bit.go

package main
import "fmt"

const (
	MaxInt8   = 1<<7 - 1 // 127
	MinInt8   = -1 << 7
	MaxInt16  = 1<<15 - 1 // 32_767
	MinInt16  = -1 << 15
	MaxInt32  = 1<<31 - 1 // 2_147_483_647
	MinInt32  = -1 << 31
	MaxInt64  = 1<<63 - 1
	MinInt64  = -1 << 63
	MaxUint8  = 1<<8 - 1
	MaxUint16 = 1<<16 - 1
	MaxUint32 = 1<<32 - 1
	MaxUint64 = 1<<64 - 1
)

func factorial(number int) int {
	maximum := MaxInt32;

	if number >= maximum {
		fmt.Println("Int too large to compute!!", number, maximum);
		panic("Int too large to compute!!");
		return 1;
	} else if number == 0 {
		fmt.Println("Terminal case reached, returning!");
		return 1;
	} else {
		return number * factorial(number-1);
	}
}
func main() {
	var total int;
	total = factorial(2147483);
	fmt.Println(total);
	fmt.Println("TUST");
	defer fmt.Println(total);
}