Convert ANY to ANY type in Go

Converting String to []string, or string to float64 could be handy sometimes, when your project has inconsistent input.

UNPOPULAR OPINION: As Go is strictly typed language, I am not fan of casting and converting like this, but sometimes it can be very handy while handling incosistent data!

Usage

package main

import (
	"fmt"

	"github.com/dpanic/convert"
)

func main() {
	res := convert.ToInt("123")
	fmt.Printf("%+v %t\n", res, res)
}

Go Playground is here https://go.dev/play/p/Z5phbxlWGg0

Features

• Convert basic types to any other basic type
• Same as above but with * pointer

Primitive type conversions:

• ToBoolP -> *bool
• ToIntP -> *int
• ToInt64P -> *int64
• ToFloat32P -> *float32
• ToFloat64P -> *float64
• ToStringP -> *string
• ToString -> string
• ToInt -> int
• ToInt64 -> int64
• ToFloat -> float64
• ToBool -> bool

Composite type conversions:

• ToSliceOfString -> []string
• ToSliceOfFloat -> []float64
• ToMapOfStrings -> map[string]string
• ToMapOfInterfaces -> map[string]interface{}
• ToSliceOfMap -> []map[string]string
• ToSliceOfMapOfInterfaces -> []map[string]interface{}
• ToSliceOfBool -> []bool
• ToMapOfStruct[T] -> map[string]T