Addition Operator in Go
Golang Addition Operator takes two operands and returns the addition of these two operands. Both the operands provided to Addition Operator should be of same datatype.
Golang Addition Operator applies to integers, floats, complex values, and string of course. Since we are discussing about Arithmetic operations, string is excluded in this tutorial.
Addition Operator is also called Sum Operator.
In this tutorial, we will learn about the syntax of Addition Operator, and some example scenarios on how to use Addition Operator.
Syntax
The syntax to add two operands a and b, using Addition Operator is
a+b
where a and b are operands and + is the operator symbol.
Return Value
The return value is of same datatype as that of first operand.
Examples
Add Integers
In the following example, we take two integer values and add them using addition operator.
Example.go
package main
func main() {
a := 4
b := 3
result := a + b
println("Addition (a+b) = ", result)
} Output
Addition (a+b) = 7
Add Floating Point Values
In the following example, we take two floating point numbers and find their sum using Addition Operator.
Example.go
package main
func main() {
a := 4.1
b := 3.2
result := a + b
println("Addition (a+b) = ", result)
} Output
Addition (a+b) = +7.300000e+000
Add Complex Numbers
In the following example, we take two complex numbers and compute their sum. The real parts are added, and the imaginary parts are added separately.
Example.go
package main
func main() {
a := complex(2, 3)
b := complex(5, 1)
result := a + b
println("Addition (a+b) = ", result)
} Output
Addition (a+b) = (+7.000000e+000+4.000000e+000i)
Add Float and Integer
In the following example, we take float value in first operand and integer value in second operand. We try to compute their sum using Addition Operator.
Example.go
package main
func main() {
a := 3.14
b := 5
result := a + b
println("Addition (a+b) = ", result)
} Output
./example.go:6:14: invalid operation: a + b (mismatched types float64 and int)
Conclusion
In this Golang Tutorial, we learned about Addition Operator in Go language, with the syntax and example programs.