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As we have %d for int. What is the format specifier for boolean values?

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Anuj Verma
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  • Try a code example: https://play.golang.org/p/RDGQEryOLP – KingRider Jul 20 '17 at 14:18
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    Note that [`strconv.FormatBool(b)` is *much* faster](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38552803/how-to-convert-a-bool-to-a-string-in-go) in case speed is important. – maerics Nov 11 '18 at 19:04

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If you use fmt package, you need %t format syntax. See package's reference for details.

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    Also note that the %v format will print a reasonable default string for any value. – Evan Shaw Aug 14 '11 at 21:43
  • If I try to take input a boolean value; any value starting from 't' is true and any other value is false. – Anuj Verma Aug 21 '11 at 17:43
  • package main import fmt "fmt" func main(){ var flag bool fmt.Scanf("%t",&flag) fmt.Printf("%t",flag) } – Anuj Verma Aug 22 '11 at 14:30
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    @Anuj Verma: When scanning input, `fmt.Scanf` had to deal somehow with any string you pass it. It can read values `true` and `false` correctly, and that's its main purpose. When it doesn't see neither `true`, nor `false` in the input, it goes another way: it takes only first character and returns `true` if it is 't' or `false` if it is anything else, i.g. not-'t'. Note, that the rest of the input is still available for scanning with other options. For example, try [such](http://pastebin.com/2EqrRFJg) code and check results with different inputs. – ffriend Aug 23 '11 at 16:08
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Use %t to format a boolean as true or false.

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    This is a the same answer, but shortened of the accepted one, remember that if you want to answer you should check when you can add something the post does not contains – xKobalt Jul 06 '20 at 08:16
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%t is the answer for you.

package main
import "fmt"

func main() {
   s := true
   fmt.Printf("%t", s)
}
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2

Some other options:

package main
import "strconv"

func main() {
   s := strconv.FormatBool(true)
   println(s == "true")
}

package main
import "fmt"

func main() {
   var s string
   // example 1
   s = fmt.Sprint(true)
   println(s == "true")
   // example 2
   s = fmt.Sprintf("%v", true)
   println(s == "true")
}
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