Variables in Go

A variable is a container that stores a value.

Examples

Create a main.go file and add the following contents below

// main.go
package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
	name := "Jack"
	fmt.Println(name)
}

write go run main.go on the terminal, the below should be your output.

 Jack

name is a variable (container) that holds a value of "Jack" (without the quotes)