Panic: reflect.Value.Interface: cannot return value obtained from unexported field or method

[ORESoftware (Operations Research Engineering Software+)]

I am trying to figure out how to access private struct fields using the reflect package.
I am currently getting this error:

panic: reflect.Value.Interface: cannot return value obtained from unexported field or method

the code that generates this error is like so:

type Foo struct {
 thisIsPrivate string
}

foo := Foo{"muh private strang"}
val := reflect.ValueOf(foo)
n := val.NumField()
t := val.Type()

for i := 0; i < n; i++ {

   k := t.Field(i).Name   // k is "thisIsPrivate"
   v := val.Field(i).Interface()   // this is what causes the panic!
}

is there any way to read the value of the private struct field “thisIsPrivate” and obtain the value “muh private strang”?

[NobbZ (Norbert Melzer)]

No. You can not access non exported fields. This is documented in the reflection package.

[ORESoftware (Operations Research Engineering Software+)]

It looks like you can, using this technique: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42664837/access-unexported-fields-in-golang-reflect/43918797#43918797

it worked for me.