Panic: assignment to entry in nil map for complex struct

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Complete Code : https://play.golang.org/p/bctvsy7ARqS

package main

import (
“fmt”
)

type Plan struct {
BufferMeasures map[string]*ItemSiteMeasure
}
type ItemSiteMeasure struct {
itemtest string
}

func main() {

fmt.Println("start")
var buff Plan
buff.AddBuffer()
fmt.Println("end")

}

func (p *Plan) AddBuffer() {
fmt.Println(“method start”)
p.BufferMeasures[“itmsit1”] = &ItemSiteMeasure{itemtest: “item1”}
fmt.Println("obj values : ", p.BufferMeasures)
fmt.Println(“method end”)
}

Error /output:

start
method start
panic: assignment to entry in nil map

goroutine 1 [running]:
main.(*Plan).AddBuffer(0xc000068f50)
/tmp/sandbox633108119/prog.go:29 +0xe8
main.main()
/tmp/sandbox633108119/prog.go:20 +0x90

2

To initialize a map, use the built in make function

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package main

import (
	"fmt"
)

type Plan struct {
	BufferMeasures map[string]*ItemSiteMeasure
}
type ItemSiteMeasure struct {
	itemtest string
}

func main() {
	fmt.Println("start")
	var buff Plan
	buff.AddBuffer()
	fmt.Println("end")
}

func (p *Plan) AddBuffer() {
	if p.BufferMeasures == nil {
		p.BufferMeasures = make(map[string]*ItemSiteMeasure)
	}
	fmt.Println("method start")
	p.BufferMeasures["itmsit1"] = &ItemSiteMeasure{itemtest: "item1"}
	fmt.Println("obj values : ", p.BufferMeasures)
	fmt.Println("method end")
}

.
start
method start
obj values : map[itmsit1:0xc000010230]
method end
end

3

Thanks Petrus, issue resolved.

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