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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions basics.md
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Expand Up @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ World" in Go.
{callout="//"}
<{{src/basics/helloworld.go}}

Lets look at the program line by line. This first line is just required <1>. All
Let's look at the program line by line. This first line is just required <1>. All
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assuming here we mean Let us, not lets as third-person singular

Go files start with `package <something>`, and `package main` is required for
a standalone executable.

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And with `a[:4]` <5> we create a slice with the elements from index
0 to 3, this is short for: `a[0:4]`, and gives us a slices that contains: `1, 2, 3, 4`.
With `s2[:]` we create a slice from the slice `s2` <6>, note that `s5` still refers to the array `a`.
Finally, we create a slice with the elements from index 3 to 3 *and* also set the cap to 4 <7>.
Finally, we create a slice with the elements from index 2 to 3 *and* also set the cap to 3 instead of 5<7>.
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it's about the explanation of s6 := a[2:4:5]


When working with slices you can overrun the bounds, consider this code.

Expand All @@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ When working with slices you can overrun the bounds, consider this code.
At <1> we create an array with a 100 elements, indexed from 0 to 99. Then at <2>
we create a slice that has index 0 to 98. We assign 1 to the 99th element <3> of
the slice. This works as expected. But at <4> we dare to do the impossible, and
and try to allocate something beyond the length of the slice and we are greeted
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removed the redundant and

try to allocate something beyond the length of the slice and we are greeted
with a *runtime* error: `Error: "throw: index out of range".`

If you want to extend a slice, there are a couple of built-in functions that
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion ex/basics/fizzbuzz.md
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1. Solve this problem, called the Fizz-Buzz [@fizzbuzz_cite] problem:

Write a program that prints the numbers from 1 to 100. But for multiples
of three print, "Fizz" instead of the number, and for multiples of
of three, print "Fizz" instead of the number, and for multiples of
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leaving the comma after the print is confusing.

five, print "Buzz". For numbers which are multiples of both three and
five, print "FizzBuzz".

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