Question about mapstructure HOT 3 CLOSED

No since they are of different types. it would help to know more about what you are doing?

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This package converts map[string]interface{} to struct.

I am trying to convert direct interface{} to struct.

That interface{} is nothing but map[string]interface{} only.

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So these type assertions have to be accurate. Trying to work with a raw map[string]interface{} that has JSON is tedious. If you can define a Go struct that is better. This is what this package is trying to provide support for.

Give a variable of type interface{} named a and a struct type named type Example struct

The type assertion syntax of

e, ok := a.(Example)

would allow you to get a copy of the Example value inside of a and assigned to variable e with ok being true. If ok is false, then there was not a value of type Example inside of a

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