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Michele Caci
Michele Caci

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TIL: Go range on time.Tick for regular tasks

#todayilearned #go #tick

Today I learned how to simply repeat a task over time with regularity in Go:

for range time.Tick(1 * time.Second) {
    fmt.Println("Hello, playground") // any task here
}
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Here's a playground example in action: https://play.golang.org/p/RUdgii5EMx7

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