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deck/deck.go

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+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// Create a new type of 'deck
+// which is a slice of string
+
+type deck []string
+
+func newDeck() deck {
+	cards := deck{}
+	cardSuits := []string{"Spades", "Hearts", "Diamonds", "Clubs"}
+	cardValues := []string{"Ace", "Two", "Three", "Four", "Five", "Six", "Seven", "Eight", "Nine", "Ten", "Jack", "Queen", "King"}
+
+	for _, suit := range cardSuits {
+		for _, value := range cardValues {
+			cards = append(cards, value+" of "+suit)
+		}
+	}
+	return cards
+}
+
+func (d deck) print() {
+	for _, card := range d {
+		fmt.Println(card)
+
+	}
+}
+
+func deal(d deck, handsize int) (deck, deck) {
+	return d[:handsize], d[handsize:]
+
+}
+
+func (d deck) toString() string {
+	return strings.Join([]string(d), ",")
+}
+
+func (d deck) saveToFile(fileName string) error {
+	error := ioutil.WriteFile(fileName, []byte(d.toString()), 0644)
+	return error
+}

deck/main.go

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+package main
+
+func main() {
+	cards := newDeck()
+	cards.saveToFile("mydeck.txt")
+}

hello_world/.vscode/launch.json

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+{
+    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
+    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
+    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
+    "version": "0.2.0",
+    "configurations": [
+        {
+            "name": "Launch Package",
+            "type": "go",
+            "request": "launch",
+            "mode": "auto",
+            "program": "${fileDirname}"
+        }
+    ]
+}

hello_world/main.go

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+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+func main() {
+	fmt.Println("Hello World")
+}