Another way to get a pointer is to use the built-in new function:
func one(xPtr *int) { *xPtr = 1 } func main() { xPtr := new(int) one(xPtr) fmt.Println(*xPtr) // x is 1 }
new takes a type as an argument, allocates enough memory to fit a value of that type and returns a pointer to it.
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Another way to get a pointer is to use the built-in new function:
new takes a type as an argument, allocates enough memory to fit a value of that type and returns a pointer to it.