Is there a way to iterate over a slice in reverse in Go?

Question

It would be convenient to be able to say something like:

for _, element := reverse range mySlice {
        ...
}

Answer 1

When I need to extract elements from a slice and reverse range, I use something like this code:

// reverse range
// Go Playground: https://play.golang.org/p/gx6fJIfb7fo
package main

import (
    "fmt"
)

type Elem struct {
    Id   int64
    Name string
}

type Elems []Elem

func main() {
    mySlice := Elems{{Id: 0, Name: "Alice"}, {Id: 1, Name: "Bob"}, {Id: 2, Name: "Carol"}}
    for i, element := range mySlice {
        fmt.Printf("Normal  range: [%v] %+v\n", i, element)
    }

    //mySlice = Elems{}
    //mySlice = Elems{{Id: 0, Name: "Alice"}}
    if last := len(mySlice) - 1; last >= 0 {
        for i, element := last, mySlice[0]; i >= 0; i-- {
            element = mySlice[i]
            fmt.Printf("Reverse range: [%v] %+v\n", i, element)
        }
    } else {
        fmt.Println("mySlice empty")
    }
}

Output:

Normal  range: [0] {Id:0 Name:Alice}
Normal  range: [1] {Id:1 Name:Bob}
Normal  range: [2] {Id:2 Name:Carol}
Reverse range: [2] {Id:2 Name:Carol}
Reverse range: [1] {Id:1 Name:Bob}
Reverse range: [0] {Id:0 Name:Alice}

Playground: https://play.golang.org/p/gx6fJIfb7fo