Hello World

Now that we've covered a basic understanding of Go, it's time to write some code!

Every programmer's journey begins with the classic "Hello, World!" program. This simple exercise will help you understand the basics of printing output in Go.

The fmt Package

In Go, we use the fmt package (short for "format") to handle input and output operations. Before you can use any package in Go, you need to import it at the top of your file.

import "fmt"

Printing to the Console

Go provides several functions in the fmt package for printing output:

// Prints text without a newline
fmt.Print("Hello")

// Prints text with a newline at the end
fmt.Println("Hello, World!")

// Prints formatted text
fmt.Printf("Hello, %s!\n", "World")

The most commonly used function is fmt.Println() (print line), which automatically adds a newline character at the end of your output.

fmt.Println("Hello, World!")
// Output: Hello, World!
// (cursor moves to next line)

fmt.Print(