slices

Core
import "slices"

Provides generic functions for slice operations (Go 1.21+).

Example

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "slices"
)

func main() {
    s := []int{3, 1, 4, 1, 5}
    slices.Sort(s)
    fmt.Println(s)                        // [1 1 3 4 5]
    fmt.Println(slices.Contains(s, 4))     // true
}

Key Types & Functions

SortContainsIndexCompactReverseEqualBinarySearch

About slices

The slices package (imported as slices) belongs to the Core category of Go packages. Provides generic functions for slice operations (Go 1.21+).

Go's standard library is one of the language's greatest strengths, providing production-ready implementations for networking, cryptography, encoding, I/O, and more. The slices package follows Go's philosophy of simplicity and composability — small, focused packages that combine through interfaces like io.Reader and io.Writer.

When using slices in production, follow Go best practices: handle errors explicitly, use context for cancellation and timeouts, prefer composition over inheritance, and write table-driven tests. The Go documentation at pkg.go.dev provides comprehensive API references and examples for every exported type and function.

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