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<h2><a href="./">Go by Example</a>: Constants</h2>
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<p>Go supports <em>constants</em> of character, string, boolean,
and numeric values.</p>
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<a href="http://play.golang.org/p/T5sj0eINnp"><img title="Run code" src="play.png" class="run" /></a>
<div class="highlight"><pre><span class="kn">package</span> <span class="nx">main</span>
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<div class="highlight"><pre><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="s">&quot;fmt&quot;</span>
<span class="kn">import</span> <span class="s">&quot;math&quot;</span>
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<p><code>const</code> declares a constant value.</p>
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<div class="highlight"><pre><span class="kd">const</span> <span class="nx">s</span> <span class="kt">string</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="s">&quot;constant&quot;</span>
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<div class="highlight"><pre><span class="kd">func</span> <span class="nx">main</span><span class="p">()</span> <span class="p">{</span>
<span class="nx">fmt</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">Println</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">s</span><span class="p">)</span>
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<p>A <code>const</code> statement can appear anywhere a <code>var</code>
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<div class="highlight"><pre> <span class="kd">const</span> <span class="nx">n</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="mi">500000000</span>
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<p>Constant expressions perform arithmetic with
arbitrary precision.</p>
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<div class="highlight"><pre> <span class="kd">const</span> <span class="nx">d</span> <span class="p">=</span> <span class="mf">3e20</span> <span class="o">/</span> <span class="nx">n</span>
<span class="nx">fmt</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">Println</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">d</span><span class="p">)</span>
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<p>A numeric constant has no type until it&rsquo;s given
one, such as by an explicit cast.</p>
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<div class="highlight"><pre> <span class="nx">fmt</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">Println</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">int64</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">d</span><span class="p">))</span>
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<p>A number can be given a type by using it in a
context that requires one, such as a variable
assignment or function call. For example, here
<code>math.Sin</code> expects a <code>float64</code>.</p>
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<div class="highlight"><pre> <span class="nx">fmt</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">Println</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">math</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">Sin</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="p">))</span>
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<div class="highlight"><pre><span class="gp">$</span> go run constant.go
<span class="go">constant</span>
<span class="go">6e+11</span>
<span class="go">600000000000</span>
<span class="go">-0.28470407323754404</span>
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