Golang: Check Equality of Unordered Slice Structs
Bryan Sazon
Posted on March 18, 2021
Playground: https://play.golang.org/p/5GJVPn3X8k7
package main
import (
"fmt"
"reflect"
)
type person struct {
name string
age int
}
func main() {
// Two equal slices but order is different
aa := []person{{"foo", 1}, {"bar", 2}}
bb := []person{{"bar", 2}, {"foo", 1}}
fmt.Println(reflect.DeepEqual(aa, bb))
fmt.Println(isEqual(aa, bb))
}
// Check and ensure that all elements exists in another slice and
// check if the length of the slices are equal.
func isEqual(aa, bb []person) bool {
eqCtr := 0
for _, a := range aa {
for _, b := range bb {
if reflect.DeepEqual(a, b) {
eqCtr++
}
}
}
if eqCtr != len(bb) || len(aa) != len(bb) {
return false
}
return true
}
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Bryan Sazon
Posted on March 18, 2021
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