Text/template package
The Go text/template package generates text from templates containing data substitutions and control logic without HTML-specific contextual escaping.
Go in Practice, Second Edition
The Go text/template package generates text from templates containing data substitutions and control logic without HTML-specific contextual escaping.
- How it is used
- Generates plain-text email and repetitive Go source from templates and supplied data.
- How deep it goes
- Works through buffered email rendering and a type-specific queue generator, but does not examine template-engine internals.
- Examples
- Uses a templated email message and a queue template that substitutes package and type names.
- What you can do after
- Apply it via text/template to render email into a buffer or generate type-specific Go source files.
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A Go template is a text-processing specification whose actions are evaluated against supplied data to produce formatted output.
- How it is used
- Generates formatted text when mixing static content and dynamic values would make string assembly cumbersome.
- How deep it goes
- Works through parsing and execution, actions, fields, iteration, and a CSS handler; does not descend into package internals.
- Examples
- Uses a habits list and an embedded stylesheet whose background and foreground colors come from supplied data.
- What you can do after
- Apply it via text/template to parse a separate template file and execute it with data in an HTTP response.
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Related concepts
- html/template packagealternative to · The Go html/template package parses and executes HTML templates with data substitutions, control logic, and contextual escaping of HTML-sensitive content.
- ExecuteTemplateused by · ExecuteTemplate is a Go template method that renders a named template using supplied data.
- attributeuses · An attribute is a named property, value, or piece of information associated with an entity, object, or program element.
- template dotuses · The template dot is the Go template data-context expression representing the current value available to template actions.
- custom template functionuses · A custom template function is an application-defined function registered with a template engine and callable from template actions.
- slicinguses · Slicing selects or partitions a portion of an indexed sequence or multidimensional array, often along specified indices or dimensions.
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