publish constants and for

examples.txt

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Hello World
 Values
 Variables
-# Constants
+Constants
-# For
+For
 If/Else
 Switch
 Arrays

examples/constants/constants.go

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
+// Go supports _constants_ of character, string, boolean,
+// and numeric values.
+
 package main
 
 import "fmt"
 
 // Use `const` to declare a constant value.
-// Constants can be ...
+const s string = "Constant"
-const x string = "Hello World"
 
 func main() {
-    fmt.Println(x)
+    fmt.Println(s)
 }
-
-// todo: research

examples/constants/constants.sh

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 $ go run constant.go 
-Hello World
+Constant
+

examples/for/for.go

@@ -1,32 +1,29 @@
 // `for` is Go's only looping construct. Here are
-// two common forms.
+// three basic types of `for` loops.
+
 package main
 
 import "fmt"
 
 func main() {
 
-    // Initialize `i` with `1` and loop until it's 10.
+    // The most basic type, with a single condition.
     i := 1
     for i <= 3 {
-        fmt.Print(i)
+        fmt.Println(i)
         i = i + 1
     }
 
-    // That type of loop is common. We can do it on one
+    // A classic initial/condition/after `for` loop.
-    // line.
+    for j := 7; j <= 9; j++ {
-    for j := 1; j <= 3; j++ {
+        fmt.Println(j)
-        fmt.Print(j)
     }
 
-    // `for` without a condition will loop until you
+    // `for` without a condition will loop repeatedly
-    // `return`.
+    // until you `break` out of the loop or `return` from
+    // the enclosing function.
     for {
-        fmt.Println()
+        fmt.Println("loop")
-        return
+        break
     }
 }
-
-// We'll see other `for` forms latter.
-
-// todo: break out of for loop?

examples/for/for.sh

@@ -1,2 +1,12 @@
-$ go run for.go 
+$ go run for.go
-123123
+1
+2
+3
+7
+8
+9
+loop
+
+# We'll see some other `for` forms latter when we look at
+# `range` statements, channels, and other data
+# structures.

examples/variables/variables.go

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// In Go, variables are explicitly declared and used by
+// In Go, _variables_ are explicitly declared and used by
 // the compiler to e.g. check type-correctness of function
 // calls.
 
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ import "fmt"
 
 func main() {
 
-    // `var` declares 1 or more variables. The type comes
+    // `var` declares 1 or more variables.
-    // _after_ the name of the variable.
     var a string = "Initial"
     fmt.Println(a)
 
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ func main() {
     fmt.Println(d)
 
     // Variables declared without a corresponding
-    // initialization are _zero-valued_. For example the
+    // initialization are _zero-valued_. For example, the
     // zero value for an `int` is `0`.
     var e int
     fmt.Println(e)