XML Parsing - Handle Missing Attribute/Tag

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All,

I am just getting started with Go and for my first mini project trying to write a really simply snippet which will convert xml to csv.

I was able to get the snippet working pretty easily, but I am struggling to handle a simple edge case of missing tag. In the toy example seen on playground link below; when LastName is missing in the second section of XML, I want the snippet to update the slice with a blank string. As it stands now, in event of missing tag the snippet completely ignores the element, which then would cause issues when writing to csv.

https://play.golang.org/p/JX10U9hH1c3

Current Lastname Out:
[Raboy Doe]

Expected Lastname Out:
[Raboy “” Doe]

Thanks,
Rakesh

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Change the model that you’re unmarshalling into: https://play.golang.org/p/16-J0L-eN-a

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Thanks Sean - That’s done the trick.

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