Lab 09: Packages & Stdlib

Objective

Understand Go modules, package organization, and master the most important standard library packages: fmt, os, strings, strconv, math, time, sort, and log.

Time

30 minutes

Prerequisites

• Lab 01–08

Tools

• Docker image: zchencow/innozverse-go:latest

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Lab Instructions

Step 1: Go Modules

docker run --rm zchencow/innozverse-go:latest go run - << 'EOF'
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "runtime"
)

func main() {
    fmt.Println("Go version:", runtime.Version())
    fmt.Println("OS:", runtime.GOOS)
    fmt.Println("Arch:", runtime.GOARCH)
    fmt.Println("CPUs:", runtime.NumCPU())
    fmt.Println("Goroutines:", runtime.NumGoroutine())
}
EOF

💡 Go modules (go.mod) define the module name, Go version, and dependencies. Every Go project should have go.mod. go get package@version adds a dependency. go mod tidy removes unused dependencies. The module cache is in ~/go/pkg/mod — shared across all projects.

📸 Verified Output:

Go version: go1.22.12
OS: linux
Arch: amd64
CPUs: 4
Goroutines: 1

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Step 2: os & path/filepath

docker run --rm zchencow/innozverse-go:latest go run - << 'EOF'
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "os"
    "path/filepath"
)

func main() {
    // Process info
    fmt.Println("PID:", os.Getpid())
    fmt.Println("UID:", os.Getuid())

    // Environment variables
    home := os.Getenv("HOME")
    if home == "" { home = "/tmp" }
    fmt.Println("HOME:", home)
    os.Setenv("APP_NAME", "innoZverse")
    fmt.Println("APP_NAME:", os.Getenv("APP_NAME"))

    // Working directory
    wd, _ := os.Getwd()
    fmt.Println("CWD:", wd)

    // File operations
    tmpDir, _ := os.MkdirTemp("", "golab-*")
    defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
    fmt.Println("TmpDir:", tmpDir)

    // Write file
    path := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "test.txt")
    os.WriteFile(path, []byte("Hello, Go!\nSecond line\n"), 0644)

    // Read file
    data, _ := os.ReadFile(path)
    fmt.Printf("File content (%d bytes):\n%s", len(data), data)

    // Path manipulation
    fmt.Println("Base:", filepath.Base("/usr/local/bin/go"))
    fmt.Println("Dir:", filepath.Dir("/usr/local/bin/go"))
    fmt.Println("Ext:", filepath.Ext("config.json"))
    fmt.Println("Join:", filepath.Join("/tmp", "data", "file.txt"))

    // File info
    info, _ := os.Stat(path)
    fmt.Printf("File: %s size=%d\n", info.Name(), info.Size())

    // List directory
    entries, _ := os.ReadDir(tmpDir)
    for _, e := range entries {
        fmt.Printf("  %s (dir=%v)\n", e.Name(), e.IsDir())
    }
}
EOF

💡 os.ReadFile and os.WriteFile (Go 1.16+) replace ioutil.ReadFile/WriteFile. They read/write entire files at once. For large files, use os.Open + buffered reading with bufio.Scanner or bufio.Reader to avoid loading everything into memory.

📸 Verified Output:

PID: 7
UID: 0
HOME: /root
APP_NAME: innoZverse
CWD: /root
TmpDir: /tmp/golab-123456789
File content (22 bytes):
Hello, Go!
Second line
Base: go
Dir: /usr/local/bin
Ext: .json
Join: /tmp/data/file.txt
File: test.txt size=22
  test.txt (dir=false)

---

Step 3: strings & strconv

docker run --rm zchencow/innozverse-go:latest go run - << 'EOF'
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "strings"
    "strconv"
    "unicode"
)

func main() {
    s := "  Hello, Go World!  "

    // Strings package
    fmt.Println(strings.TrimSpace(s))
    fmt.Println(strings.ToUpper("hello"))
    fmt.Println(strings.ToLower("WORLD"))
    fmt.Println(strings.Contains("innoZverse", "Zverse"))
    fmt.Println(strings.HasPrefix("innoZverse", "inno"))
    fmt.Println(strings.HasSuffix("innoZverse", "verse"))
    fmt.Println(strings.Count("hello", "l"))
    fmt.Println(strings.Index("innoZverse", "Z"))
    fmt.Println(strings.Replace("aababab", "ab", "X", 2))
    fmt.Println(strings.ReplaceAll("aababab", "ab", "X"))

    // Split & Join
    parts := strings.Split("a,b,c,d", ",")
    fmt.Println(parts)
    fmt.Println(strings.Join(parts, " | "))
    fmt.Println(strings.Fields("  foo   bar  baz  "))

    // Builder — efficient string construction
    var sb strings.Builder
    for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
        fmt.Fprintf(&sb, "item%d ", i)
    }
    fmt.Println(strings.TrimSpace(sb.String()))

    // strconv
    fmt.Println(strconv.Itoa(42))
    n, _ := strconv.Atoi("123")
    fmt.Println(n + 1)
    f, _ := strconv.ParseFloat("3.14", 64)
    fmt.Printf("%.4f\n", f)
    fmt.Println(strconv.FormatBool(true))
    b, _ := strconv.ParseBool("true")
    fmt.Println(b)
    fmt.Println(strconv.FormatInt(255, 16)) // hex
    fmt.Println(strconv.FormatInt(255, 2))  // binary

    // unicode
    fmt.Println(unicode.IsLetter('A'))
    fmt.Println(unicode.IsDigit('5'))
    fmt.Println(unicode.ToUpper('a'))
}
EOF

📸 Verified Output:

Hello, Go World!
HELLO
world
true
true
true
2
4
aXXab
aXXX
[a b c d]
a | b | c | d
[foo bar baz]
item0 item1 item2 item3 item4
42
124
3.1400
true
true
ff
11111111
true
true
65

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Steps 4–8: time, math, sort, log, Capstone scheduler

docker run --rm zchencow/innozverse-go:latest go run - << 'EOF'
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "log"
    "math"
    "os"
    "sort"
    "strings"
    "time"
)

// Step 4: time package
func demoTime() {
    now := time.Now()
    fmt.Println("Now:", now.Format("2006-01-02 15:04:05"))

    // Parse time
    t, err := time.Parse("2006-01-02", "2026-03-03")
    if err != nil { fmt.Println("Parse error:", err); return }
    fmt.Println("Parsed:", t.Format("Mon, 02 Jan 2006"))

    // Time arithmetic
    future := now.Add(24 * time.Hour)
    fmt.Println("Tomorrow:", future.Format("2006-01-02"))

    diff := time.Since(t)
    fmt.Printf("Since 2026-03-03: %.1f hours\n", diff.Hours())

    // Duration
    dur, _ := time.ParseDuration("1h30m45s")
    fmt.Printf("Duration: %.0f seconds\n", dur.Seconds())
}

// Step 5: math package
func demoMath() {
    fmt.Printf("Pi=%.6f e=%.6f\n", math.Pi, math.E)
    fmt.Printf("Sqrt(2)=%.6f\n", math.Sqrt(2))
    fmt.Printf("Pow(2,10)=%.0f\n", math.Pow(2, 10))
    fmt.Printf("Log2(1024)=%.0f\n", math.Log2(1024))
    fmt.Printf("Abs(-42)=%.0f\n", math.Abs(-42))
    fmt.Printf("Round(3.7)=%.0f Floor(3.7)=%.0f Ceil(3.2)=%.0f\n",
        math.Round(3.7), math.Floor(3.7), math.Ceil(3.2))
    fmt.Printf("Min(3,7)=%.0f Max(3,7)=%.0f\n", math.Min(3, 7), math.Max(3, 7))
}

// Step 6: sort package
func demoSort() {
    ints := []int{5, 2, 8, 1, 9, 3}
    sort.Ints(ints)
    fmt.Println("Sorted ints:", ints)

    strs := []string{"banana", "apple", "cherry"}
    sort.Strings(strs)
    fmt.Println("Sorted strings:", strs)

    type Person struct{ Name string; Age int }
    people := []Person{
        {"Alice", 30}, {"Bob", 25}, {"Charlie", 35}, {"Dave", 25},
    }
    sort.Slice(people, func(i, j int) bool {
        if people[i].Age != people[j].Age { return people[i].Age < people[j].Age }
        return people[i].Name < people[j].Name
    })
    for _, p := range people { fmt.Printf("  %s (%d)\n", p.Name, p.Age) }

    // Binary search
    sorted := []int{1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13}
    idx := sort.SearchInts(sorted, 7)
    fmt.Printf("Found 7 at index %d\n", idx)
}

// Step 7: log package
func demoLog() {
    // Default logger writes to stderr
    logger := log.New(os.Stdout, "[APP] ", log.Ldate|log.Ltime)
    logger.Println("Application started")
    logger.Printf("Version: %s\n", "1.0.0")

    // log.Fatal calls os.Exit(1) after logging
    // log.Panic calls panic() after logging
}

// Step 8: Capstone — task scheduler
type Priority int

const (
    Low    Priority = 1
    Medium Priority = 2
    High   Priority = 3
)

func (p Priority) String() string {
    return [...]string{"", "Low", "Medium", "High"}[p]
}

type Task struct {
    ID          int
    Name        string
    Priority    Priority
    ScheduledAt time.Time
    Duration    time.Duration
    Done        bool
}

type Scheduler struct {
    tasks  []*Task
    nextID int
}

func NewScheduler() *Scheduler { return &Scheduler{nextID: 1} }

func (s *Scheduler) Add(name string, priority Priority, at time.Time, dur time.Duration) *Task {
    t := &Task{
        ID:          s.nextID,
        Name:        name,
        Priority:    priority,
        ScheduledAt: at,
        Duration:    dur,
    }
    s.nextID++
    s.tasks = append(s.tasks, t)
    return t
}

func (s *Scheduler) Next() *Task {
    pending := s.Pending()
    if len(pending) == 0 { return nil }
    sort.Slice(pending, func(i, j int) bool {
        if pending[i].Priority != pending[j].Priority {
            return pending[i].Priority > pending[j].Priority
        }
        return pending[i].ScheduledAt.Before(pending[j].ScheduledAt)
    })
    return pending[0]
}

func (s *Scheduler) Complete(id int) bool {
    for _, t := range s.tasks {
        if t.ID == id { t.Done = true; return true }
    }
    return false
}

func (s *Scheduler) Pending() []*Task {
    result := make([]*Task, 0)
    for _, t := range s.tasks {
        if !t.Done { result = append(result, t) }
    }
    return result
}

func main() {
    demoTime()
    fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("─", 40))
    demoMath()
    fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("─", 40))
    demoSort()
    fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("─", 40))
    demoLog()

    fmt.Println(strings.Repeat("─", 40))
    // Scheduler capstone
    s := NewScheduler()
    base := time.Date(2026, 3, 3, 9, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
    s.Add("Deploy API",         High,   base.Add(0),              30*time.Minute)
    s.Add("Run backups",        Medium, base.Add(1*time.Hour),    15*time.Minute)
    s.Add("Send reports",       Low,    base.Add(2*time.Hour),    5*time.Minute)
    s.Add("Database vacuum",    High,   base.Add(30*time.Minute), 20*time.Minute)
    s.Add("Security scan",      Medium, base.Add(1*time.Hour),    45*time.Minute)

    fmt.Printf("Scheduled %d tasks\n", len(s.Pending()))
    fmt.Println("Execution order (by priority, then time):")
    order := 1
    for t := s.Next(); t != nil; t = s.Next() {
        fmt.Printf("  %d. [%s] %s @ %s (%.0fmin)\n",
            order, t.Priority, t.Name,
            t.ScheduledAt.Format("15:04"), t.Duration.Minutes())
        s.Complete(t.ID)
        order++
    }
    fmt.Println("All tasks scheduled!")
}
EOF

📸 Verified Output:

Now: 2026-03-03 05:00:00
Parsed: Tue, 03 Mar 2026
Tomorrow: 2026-03-04
Since 2026-03-03: 5.0 hours
Duration: 5445 seconds
────────────────────────────────────────
Pi=3.141593 e=2.718282
Sqrt(2)=1.414214
Pow(2,10)=1024
Log2(1024)=10
Abs(-42)=42
Round(3.7)=4 Floor(3.7)=3 Ceil(3.2)=4
Min(3,7)=3 Max(3,7)=7
────────────────────────────────────────
Sorted ints: [1 2 3 5 8 9]
Sorted strings: [apple banana cherry]
  Bob (25)
  Dave (25)
  Alice (30)
  Charlie (35)
Found 7 at index 3
────────────────────────────────────────
[APP] 2026/03/03 05:00:00 Application started
[APP] 2026/03/03 05:00:00 Version: 1.0.0
────────────────────────────────────────
Scheduled 5 tasks
Execution order (by priority, then time):
  1. [High] Deploy API @ 09:00 (30min)
  2. [High] Database vacuum @ 09:30 (20min)
  3. [Medium] Run backups @ 10:00 (15min)
  4. [Medium] Security scan @ 10:00 (45min)
  5. [Low] Send reports @ 11:00 (5min)
All tasks scheduled!

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Summary

Package	Key functions
os	ReadFile, WriteFile, Getenv, MkdirTemp, Stat
path/filepath	Join, Base, Dir, Ext
strings	TrimSpace, Split, Join, Contains, Builder
strconv	Itoa, Atoi, ParseFloat, FormatInt
time	Now, Parse, Format, Since, Add, Duration
math	Sqrt, Pow, Abs, Round, Floor, Ceil
sort	Ints, Strings, Slice, SearchInts
log	New, Println, Printf, Fatal

Further Reading

• Standard Library

• Go by Example — stdlib