$ goeval 'fmt.Println("Hello, world!")'
Hello, world!
$ goeval 'fmt.Println(os.Args[1])' 'Hello, world!'
Hello, world!
$ goeval -i .=fmt -i os 'Println(os.Args[1])' 'Hello, world!'
Hello, world!
$ goeval -i math/rand 'fmt.Println(rand.Int())'
5577006791947779410
$ goeval -i fmt -i math/big -i os 'var x, y, z big.Int; x.SetString(os.Args[1], 10); y.SetString(os.Args[2], 10); fmt.Println(z.Mul(&x, &y).String())' 45673432245678899065433367889424354 136762347343433356789893322
6246405805150306996814033892780381988744339134177555648763988
$ # Use os.Args
$ goeval 'fmt.Printf("%x\n", sha256.Sum256([]byte(os.Args[1])))' abc
ba7816bf8f01cfea414140de5dae2223b00361a396177a9cb410ff61f20015ad
$ # Download module in GOPATH mode and use with goeval
$ GO111MODULE=off go get github.com/klauspost/cpuid && goeval -i github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 'fmt.Println(cpuid.CPU.X64Level())'
3
$ # Serve the current directory over HTTP
$ goeval 'http.Handle("/",http.FileServer(http.Dir(".")));http.ListenAndServe(":8084",nil)'
$ # Import net/http symbols in package scope for shorter code
$ goeval -i .=net/http 'Handle("/",FileServer(Dir(".")));ListenAndServe(":8084",nil)'Use -i <module>@<version> to import a Go module.
Use -i <alias>=<module>@<version> to import a Go module and import the package with the given alias.
$ goeval -i .=github.com/bitfield/script@v0.24.1 'ListFiles("./[^.]*").First(4).Stdout()'
LICENSE
README.md
doc.go
go.mod
$ goeval -i github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2@v2.2.3 -i github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 'fmt.Println(cpuid.CPU.X64Level())'
3
$ goeval -i cpuid=github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2@v2.2.3 'fmt.Println(cpuid.CPU.X64Level())'
3Run your code on the Go Playground, and show output on the terminal:
$ goeval -play 'fmt.Println(time.Now())'
2009-11-10 23:00:00 +0000 UTC m=+0.000000001Show the code sent to the Go Playground:
$ goeval -Eplay 'fmt.Println(time.Now())'
package main
import (
"fmt"
"time"
)
func main() {
fmt.Println(time.Now())
}Share the code on go.dev/play:
$ goeval -share 'fmt.Println(time.Now())'
https://go.dev/play/p/Z35Vf8gIg4ZRun on go.dev/play with GOEXPERIMENT (the Go Playground enables GOEXPERIMENT via special comment):
$ GOEXPERIMENT=rangefunc goeval -play 'fmt.Println(runtime.Version())'
go1.24.4 X:rangefunc$ go install github.com/dolmen-go/goeval@latest$ go clean -i github.com/dolmen-go/goevalgoeval just wraps your code with the necessary text to build a main package and a main func with the given imports, pass it through the goimports tool (to automatically add missing imports), writes in a temporary file and calls go run with GO111MODULE=off.
goimports is enabled by default, but you can disable it to force explicit imports (for forward safety):
$ goeval -goimports= -i fmt 'fmt.Println("Hello, world!")'
Hello, world!When at least one module@version is imported with -i, Go module mode is enabled. Two files are generated: tmpxxxx.go and go.mod. Then go get . is run to resolve and fetch dependencies, and then go run.
To debug a syntax error:
$ goeval -E -goimports= ... | goimportsHere are some tricks that have worked in the past, that may still work in the last version, but are not guaranteed to work later.
The supported way:
$ goeval 'var fact func(int)int;fact=func(n int)int{if n==1{return 1};return n*fact(n-1)};fmt.Println(fact(5))'The hacky way:
$ goeval 'fmt.Println(fact(5))};func fact(n int)int{if n==1{return 1};return n*fact(n-1)'Needs:
- goeval compiled with Go 1.18+
- Go 1.18+ installed.
$ goeval 'p(1);p("a");};func p[T any](x T){fmt.Println(x)'
1
a
$ goeval 'p(1);p(2.0);};func p[T int|float64](x T){x++;fmt.Println(x)'
2
3
$ goeval -i golang.org/x/exp/constraints 'p(1);p(2.0);};func p[T constraints.Signed|constraints.Float](x T){x++;fmt.Println(x)'
2
3- gommand Go one liner program. Similar to
python -c. - gorram Like
go runfor any Go function. - goexec A command line tool to execute Go functions.
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