bytes

package standard library
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Documentation

Overview

Package bytes implements functions for the manipulation of byte slices. It is analogous to the facilities of the strings package.

Index

Examples

Constants

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const MinRead = 512

MinRead is the minimum slice size passed to a Buffer.Read call by Buffer.ReadFrom. As long as the Buffer has at least MinRead bytes beyond what is required to hold the contents of r, Buffer.ReadFrom will not grow the underlying buffer.

Variables

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var ErrTooLarge = errors.New("bytes.Buffer: too large")

ErrTooLarge is passed to panic if memory cannot be allocated to store data in a buffer.

Functions

func Clone added in go1.20 

func Clone(b []byte) []byte

Clone returns a copy of b[:len(b)]. The result may have additional unused capacity. Clone(nil) returns nil.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	b := []byte("abc")
	clone := bytes.Clone(b)
	fmt.Printf("%s\n", clone)
	clone[0] = 'd'
	fmt.Printf("%s\n", b)
	fmt.Printf("%s\n", clone)
}

Output:
abc
abc
dbc

func Compare 

func Compare(a, b []byte) int

Compare returns an integer comparing two byte slices lexicographically. The result will be 0 if a == b, -1 if a < b, and +1 if a > b. A nil argument is equivalent to an empty slice.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
)

func main() {
	// Interpret Compare's result by comparing it to zero.
	var a, b []byte
	if bytes.Compare(a, b) < 0 {
		// a less b
	}
	if bytes.Compare(a, b) <= 0 {
		// a less or equal b
	}
	if bytes.Compare(a, b) > 0 {
		// a greater b
	}
	if bytes.Compare(a, b) >= 0 {
		// a greater or equal b
	}

	// Prefer Equal to Compare for equality comparisons.
	if bytes.Equal(a, b) {
		// a equal b
	}
	if !bytes.Equal(a, b) {
		// a not equal b
	}
}

func Contains 

func Contains(b, subslice []byte) bool

Contains reports whether subslice is within b.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	fmt.Println(bytes.Contains([]byte("seafood"), []byte("foo")))
	fmt.Println(bytes.Contains([]byte("seafood"), []byte("bar")))
	fmt.Println(bytes.Contains([]byte("seafood"), []byte("")))
	fmt.Println(bytes.Contains([]byte(""), []byte("")))
}

Output:
true
false
true
true

func ContainsAny added in go1.7 

func ContainsAny(b []byte, chars string) bool

ContainsAny reports whether any of the UTF-8-encoded code points in chars are within b.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	fmt.Println(bytes.ContainsAny([]byte("I like seafood."), "fÄo!"))
	fmt.Println(bytes.ContainsAny([]byte("I like seafood."), "去是伟大的."))
	fmt.Println(bytes.ContainsAny([]byte("I like seafood."), ""))
	fmt.Println(bytes.ContainsAny([]byte(""), ""))
}

Output:
true
true
false
false

func ContainsFunc added in go1.21.0 

func ContainsFunc(b []byte, f func(rune) bool) bool

ContainsFunc reports whether any of the UTF-8-encoded code points r within b satisfy f(r).

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	f := func(r rune) bool {
		return r >= 'a' && r <= 'z'
	}
	fmt.Println(bytes.ContainsFunc([]byte("HELLO"), f))
	fmt.Println(bytes.ContainsFunc([]byte("World"), f))
}

Output:
false
true

func ContainsRune added in go1.7 

func ContainsRune(b []byte, r rune) bool

ContainsRune reports whether the rune is contained in the UTF-8-encoded byte slice b.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	fmt.Println(bytes.ContainsRune([]byte("I like seafood."), 'f'))
	fmt.Println(bytes.ContainsRune([]byte("I like seafood."), 'ö'))
	fmt.Println(bytes.ContainsRune([]byte("去是伟大的!"), '大'))
	fmt.Println(bytes.ContainsRune([]byte("去是伟大的!"), '!'))
	fmt.Println(bytes.ContainsRune([]byte(""), '@'))
}

Output:
true
false
true
true
false

func Count 

func Count(s, sep []byte) int

Count counts the number of non-overlapping instances of sep in s. If sep is an empty slice, Count returns 1 + the number of UTF-8-encoded code points in s.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	fmt.Println(bytes.Count([]byte("cheese"), []byte("e")))
	fmt.Println(bytes.Count([]byte("five"), []byte(""))) // before & after each rune
}

Output:
3
5

func Cut added in go1.18 

func Cut(s, sep []byte) (before, after []byte, found bool)

Cut slices s around the first instance of sep, returning the text before and after sep. The found result reports whether sep appears in s. If sep does not appear in s, cut returns s, nil, false.

Cut returns slices of the original slice s, not copies.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	show := func(s, sep string) {
		before, after, found := bytes.Cut([]byte(s), []byte(sep))
		fmt.Printf("Cut(%q, %q) = %q, %q, %v\n", s, sep, before, after, found)
	}
	show("Gopher", "Go")
	show("Gopher", "ph")
	show("Gopher", "er")
	show("Gopher", "Badger")
}

Output:
Cut("Gopher", "Go") = "", "pher", true
Cut("Gopher", "ph") = "Go", "er", true
Cut("Gopher", "er") = "Goph", "", true
Cut("Gopher", "Badger") = "Gopher", "", false

func CutPrefix added in go1.20 

func CutPrefix(s, prefix []byte) (after []byte, found bool)

CutPrefix returns s without the provided leading prefix byte slice and reports whether it found the prefix. If s doesn't start with prefix, CutPrefix returns s, false. If prefix is the empty byte slice, CutPrefix returns s, true.

CutPrefix returns slices of the original slice s, not copies.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	show := func(s, prefix string) {
		after, found := bytes.CutPrefix([]byte(s), []byte(prefix))
		fmt.Printf("CutPrefix(%q, %q) = %q, %v\n", s, prefix, after, found)
	}
	show("Gopher", "Go")
	show("Gopher", "ph")
}

Output:
CutPrefix("Gopher", "Go") = "pher", true
CutPrefix("Gopher", "ph") = "Gopher", false

func CutSuffix added in go1.20 

func CutSuffix(s, suffix []byte) (before []byte, found bool)

CutSuffix returns s without the provided ending suffix byte slice and reports whether it found the suffix. If s doesn't end with suffix, CutSuffix returns s, false. If suffix is the empty byte slice, CutSuffix returns s, true.

CutSuffix returns slices of the original slice s, not copies.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	show := func(s, suffix string) {
		before, found := bytes.CutSuffix([]byte(s), []byte(suffix))
		fmt.Printf("CutSuffix(%q, %q) = %q, %v\n", s, suffix, before, found)
	}
	show("Gopher", "Go")
	show("Gopher", "er")
}

Output:
CutSuffix("Gopher", "Go") = "Gopher", false
CutSuffix("Gopher", "er") = "Goph", true

func Equal 

func Equal(a, b []byte) bool

Equal reports whether a and b are the same length and contain the same bytes. A nil argument is equivalent to an empty slice.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	fmt.Println(bytes.Equal([]byte("Go"), []byte("Go")))
	fmt.Println(bytes.Equal([]byte("Go"), []byte("C++")))
}

Output:
true
false

func EqualFold 

func EqualFold(s, t []byte) bool

EqualFold reports whether s and t, interpreted as UTF-8 strings, are equal under simple Unicode case-folding, which is a more general form of case-insensitivity.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	fmt.Println(bytes.EqualFold([]byte("Go"), []byte("go")))
}

Output:
true

func Fields 

func Fields(s []byte) [][]byte

Fields interprets s as a sequence of UTF-8-encoded code points. It splits the slice s around each instance of one or more consecutive white space characters, as defined by unicode.IsSpace, returning a slice of subslices of s or an empty slice if s contains only white space. Every element of the returned slice is non-empty. Unlike Split, leading and trailing runs of white space characters are discarded.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	fmt.Printf("Fields are: %q", bytes.Fields([]byte("  foo bar  baz   ")))
}

Output:
Fields are: ["foo" "bar" "baz"]

func FieldsFunc 

func FieldsFunc(s []byte, f func(rune) bool) [][]byte

FieldsFunc interprets s as a sequence of UTF-8-encoded code points. It splits the slice s at each run of code points c satisfying f(c) and returns a slice of subslices of s. If all code points in s satisfy f(c), or len(s) == 0, an empty slice is returned. Every element of the returned slice is non-empty. Unlike [SplitFunc], leading and trailing runs of code points satisfying f(c) are discarded.

FieldsFunc makes no guarantees about the order in which it calls f(c) and assumes that f always returns the same value for a given c.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
	"unicode"
)

func main() {
	f := func(c rune) bool {
		return !unicode.IsLetter(c) && !unicode.IsNumber(c)
	}
	fmt.Printf("Fields are: %q", bytes.FieldsFunc([]byte("  foo1;bar2,baz3..."), f))
}

Output:
Fields are: ["foo1" "bar2" "baz3"]

func FieldsFuncSeq added in go1.24.0 

func FieldsFuncSeq(s []byte, f func(rune) bool) iter.Seq[[]byte]

FieldsFuncSeq returns an iterator over subslices of s split around runs of Unicode code points satisfying f(c). The iterator yields the same subslices that would be returned by FieldsFunc(s), but without constructing a new slice containing the subslices.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
	"unicode"
)

func main() {
	text := []byte("The quick brown fox")
	fmt.Println("Split on whitespace(similar to FieldsSeq):")
	for word := range bytes.FieldsFuncSeq(text, unicode.IsSpace) {
		fmt.Printf("%q\n", word)
	}

	mixedText := []byte("abc123def456ghi")
	fmt.Println("\nSplit on digits:")
	for word := range bytes.FieldsFuncSeq(mixedText, unicode.IsDigit) {
		fmt.Printf("%q\n", word)
	}

}

Output:
Split on whitespace(similar to FieldsSeq):
"The"
"quick"
"brown"
"fox"

Split on digits:
"abc"
"def"
"ghi"

func FieldsSeq added in go1.24.0 

func FieldsSeq(s []byte) iter.Seq[[]byte]

FieldsSeq returns an iterator over subslices of s split around runs of whitespace characters, as defined by unicode.IsSpace. The iterator yields the same subslices that would be returned by Fields(s), but without constructing a new slice containing the subslices.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	text := []byte("The quick brown fox")
	fmt.Println("Split byte slice into fields:")
	for word := range bytes.FieldsSeq(text) {
		fmt.Printf("%q\n", word)
	}

	textWithSpaces := []byte("  lots   of   spaces  ")
	fmt.Println("\nSplit byte slice with multiple spaces:")
	for word := range bytes.FieldsSeq(textWithSpaces) {
		fmt.Printf("%q\n", word)
	}

}

Output:
Split byte slice into fields:
"The"
"quick"
"brown"
"fox"

Split byte slice with multiple spaces:
"lots"
"of"
"spaces"

func HasPrefix 

func HasPrefix(s, prefix []byte) bool

HasPrefix reports whether the byte slice s begins with prefix.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	fmt.Println(bytes.HasPrefix([]byte("Gopher"), []byte("Go")))
	fmt.Println(bytes.HasPrefix([]byte("Gopher"), []byte("C")))
	fmt.Println(bytes.HasPrefix([]byte("Gopher"), []byte("")))
}

Output:
true
false
true

func HasSuffix 

func HasSuffix(s, suffix []byte) bool

HasSuffix reports whether the byte slice s ends with suffix.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	fmt.Println(bytes.HasSuffix([]byte("Amigo"), []byte("go")))
	fmt.Println(bytes.HasSuffix([]byte("Amigo"), []byte("O")))
	fmt.Println(bytes.HasSuffix([]byte("Amigo"), []byte("Ami")))
	fmt.Println(bytes.HasSuffix([]byte("Amigo"), []byte("")))
}

Output:
true
false
false
true

func Index 

func Index(s, sep []byte) int

Index returns the index of the first instance of sep in s, or -1 if sep is not present in s.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	fmt.Println(bytes.Index([]byte("chicken"), []byte("ken")))
	fmt.Println(bytes.Index([]byte("chicken"), []byte("dmr")))
}

Output:
4
-1

func IndexAny 

func IndexAny(s []byte, chars string) int

IndexAny interprets s as a sequence of UTF-8-encoded Unicode code points. It returns the byte index of the first occurrence in s of any of the Unicode code points in chars. It returns -1 if chars is empty or if there is no code point in common.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	fmt.Println(bytes.IndexAny([]byte("chicken"), "aeiouy"))
	fmt.Println(bytes.IndexAny([]byte("crwth"), "aeiouy"))
}

Output:
2
-1

func IndexByte 

func IndexByte(b []byte, c byte) int

IndexByte returns the index of the first instance of c in b, or -1 if c is not present in b.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	fmt.Println(bytes.IndexByte([]byte("chicken"), byte('k')))
	fmt.Println(bytes.IndexByte([]byte("chicken"), byte('g')))
}

Output:
4
-1

func IndexFunc 

func IndexFunc(s []byte, f func(r rune) bool) int

IndexFunc interprets s as a sequence of UTF-8-encoded code points. It returns the byte index in s of the first Unicode code point satisfying f(c), or -1 if none do.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
	"unicode"
)

func main() {
	f := func(c rune) bool {
		return unicode.Is(unicode.Han, c)
	}
	fmt.Println(bytes.IndexFunc([]byte("Hello, 世界"), f))
	fmt.Println(bytes.IndexFunc([]byte("Hello, world"), f))
}

Output:
7
-1

func IndexRune 

func IndexRune(s []byte, r rune) int

IndexRune interprets s as a sequence of UTF-8-encoded code points. It returns the byte index of the first occurrence in s of the given rune. It returns -1 if rune is not present in s. If r is utf8.RuneError, it returns the first instance of any invalid UTF-8 byte sequence.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	fmt.Println(bytes.IndexRune([]byte("chicken"), 'k'))
	fmt.Println(bytes.IndexRune([]byte("chicken"), 'd'))
}

Output:
4
-1

func Join 

func Join(s [][]byte, sep []byte) []byte

Join concatenates the elements of s to create a new byte slice. The separator sep is placed between elements in the resulting slice.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	s := [][]byte{[]byte("foo"), []byte("bar"), []byte("baz")}
	fmt.Printf("%s", bytes.Join(s, []byte(", ")))
}

Output:
foo, bar, baz

func LastIndex 

func LastIndex(s, sep []byte) int

LastIndex returns the index of the last instance of sep in s, or -1 if sep is not present in s.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	fmt.Println(bytes.Index([]byte("go gopher"), []byte("go")))
	fmt.Println(bytes.LastIndex([]byte("go gopher"), []byte("go")))
	fmt.Println(bytes.LastIndex([]byte("go gopher"), []byte("rodent")))
}

Output:
0
3
-1

func LastIndexAny 

func LastIndexAny(s []byte, chars string) int

LastIndexAny interprets s as a sequence of UTF-8-encoded Unicode code points. It returns the byte index of the last occurrence in s of any of the Unicode code points in chars. It returns -1 if chars is empty or if there is no code point in common.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	fmt.Println(bytes.LastIndexAny([]byte("go gopher"), "MüQp"))
	fmt.Println(bytes.LastIndexAny([]byte("go 地鼠"), "地大"))
	fmt.Println(bytes.LastIndexAny([]byte("go gopher"), "z,!."))
}

Output:
5
3
-1

func LastIndexByte added in go1.5 

func LastIndexByte(s []byte, c byte) int

LastIndexByte returns the index of the last instance of c in s, or -1 if c is not present in s.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	fmt.Println(bytes.LastIndexByte([]byte("go gopher"), byte('g')))
	fmt.Println(bytes.LastIndexByte([]byte("go gopher"), byte('r')))
	fmt.Println(bytes.LastIndexByte([]byte("go gopher"), byte('z')))
}

Output:
3
8
-1

func LastIndexFunc 

func LastIndexFunc(s []byte, f func(r rune) bool) int

LastIndexFunc interprets s as a sequence of UTF-8-encoded code points. It returns the byte index in s of the last Unicode code point satisfying f(c), or -1 if none do.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
	"unicode"
)

func main() {
	fmt.Println(bytes.LastIndexFunc([]byte("go gopher!"), unicode.IsLetter))
	fmt.Println(bytes.LastIndexFunc([]byte("go gopher!"), unicode.IsPunct))
	fmt.Println(bytes.LastIndexFunc([]byte("go gopher!"), unicode.IsNumber))
}

Output:
8
9
-1

func Lines added in go1.24.0 

func Lines(s []byte) iter.Seq[[]byte]

Lines returns an iterator over the newline-terminated lines in the byte slice s. The lines yielded by the iterator include their terminating newlines. If s is empty, the iterator yields no lines at all. If s does not end in a newline, the final yielded line will not end in a newline. It returns a single-use iterator.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	text := []byte("Hello\nWorld\nGo Programming\n")
	for line := range bytes.Lines(text) {
		fmt.Printf("%q\n", line)
	}

}

Output:
"Hello\n"
"World\n"
"Go Programming\n"

func Map 

func Map(mapping func(r rune) rune, s []byte) []byte

Map returns a copy of the byte slice s with all its characters modified according to the mapping function. If mapping returns a negative value, the character is dropped from the byte slice with no replacement. The characters in s and the output are interpreted as UTF-8-encoded code points.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	rot13 := func(r rune) rune {
		switch {
		case r >= 'A' && r <= 'Z':
			return 'A' + (r-'A'+13)%26
		case r >= 'a' && r <= 'z':
			return 'a' + (r-'a'+13)%26
		}
		return r
	}
	fmt.Printf("%s\n", bytes.Map(rot13, []byte("'Twas brillig and the slithy gopher...")))
}

Output:
'Gjnf oevyyvt naq gur fyvgul tbcure...

func Repeat 

func Repeat(b []byte, count int) []byte

Repeat returns a new byte slice consisting of count copies of b.

It panics if count is negative or if the result of (len(b) * count) overflows.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	fmt.Printf("ba%s", bytes.Repeat([]byte("na"), 2))
}

Output:
banana

func Replace 

func Replace(s, old, new []byte, n int) []byte

Replace returns a copy of the slice s with the first n non-overlapping instances of old replaced by new. If old is empty, it matches at the beginning of the slice and after each UTF-8 sequence, yielding up to k+1 replacements for a k-rune slice. If n < 0, there is no limit on the number of replacements.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	fmt.Printf("%s\n", bytes.Replace([]byte("oink oink oink"), []byte("k"), []byte("ky"), 2))
	fmt.Printf("%s\n", bytes.Replace([]byte("oink oink oink"), []byte("oink"), []byte("moo"), -1))
}

Output:
oinky oinky oink
moo moo moo

func ReplaceAll added in go1.12 

func ReplaceAll(s, old, new []byte) []byte

ReplaceAll returns a copy of the slice s with all non-overlapping instances of old replaced by new. If old is empty, it matches at the beginning of the slice and after each UTF-8 sequence, yielding up to k+1 replacements for a k-rune slice.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	fmt.Printf("%s\n", bytes.ReplaceAll([]byte("oink oink oink"), []byte("oink"), []byte("moo")))
}

Output:
moo moo moo

func Runes 

func Runes(s []byte) []rune

Runes interprets s as a sequence of UTF-8-encoded code points. It returns a slice of runes (Unicode code points) equivalent to s.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	rs := bytes.Runes([]byte("go gopher"))
	for _, r := range rs {
		fmt.Printf("%#U\n", r)
	}
}

Output:
U+0067 'g'
U+006F 'o'
U+0020 ' '
U+0067 'g'
U+006F 'o'
U+0070 'p'
U+0068 'h'
U+0065 'e'
U+0072 'r'

func Split 

func Split(s, sep []byte) [][]byte

Split slices s into all subslices separated by sep and returns a slice of the subslices between those separators. If sep is empty, Split splits after each UTF-8 sequence. It is equivalent to SplitN with a count of -1.

To split around the first instance of a separator, see Cut.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	fmt.Printf("%q\n", bytes.Split([]byte("a,b,c"), []byte(",")))
	fmt.Printf("%q\n", bytes.Split([]byte("a man a plan a canal panama"), []byte("a ")))
	fmt.Printf("%q\n", bytes.Split([]byte(" xyz "), []byte("")))
	fmt.Printf("%q\n", bytes.Split([]byte(""), []byte("Bernardo O'Higgins")))
}

Output:
["a" "b" "c"]
["" "man " "plan " "canal panama"]
[" " "x" "y" "z" " "]
[""]

func SplitAfter 

func SplitAfter(s, sep []byte) [][]byte

SplitAfter slices s into all subslices after each instance of sep and returns a slice of those subslices. If sep is empty, SplitAfter splits after each UTF-8 sequence. It is equivalent to SplitAfterN with a count of -1.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	fmt.Printf("%q\n", bytes.SplitAfter([]byte("a,b,c"), []byte(",")))
}

Output:
["a," "b," "c"]

func SplitAfterN 

func SplitAfterN(s, sep []byte, n int) [][]byte

SplitAfterN slices s into subslices after each instance of sep and returns a slice of those subslices. If sep is empty, SplitAfterN splits after each UTF-8 sequence. The count determines the number of subslices to return:

  • n > 0: at most n subslices; the last subslice will be the unsplit remainder;
  • n == 0: the result is nil (zero subslices);
  • n < 0: all subslices.
Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	fmt.Printf("%q\n", bytes.SplitAfterN([]byte("a,b,c"), []byte(","), 2))
}

Output:
["a," "b,c"]

func SplitAfterSeq added in go1.24.0 

func SplitAfterSeq(s, sep []byte) iter.Seq[[]byte]

SplitAfterSeq returns an iterator over subslices of s split after each instance of sep. The iterator yields the same subslices that would be returned by SplitAfter(s, sep), but without constructing a new slice containing the subslices. It returns a single-use iterator.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	s := []byte("a,b,c,d")
	for part := range bytes.SplitAfterSeq(s, []byte(",")) {
		fmt.Printf("%q\n", part)
	}

}

Output:
"a,"
"b,"
"c,"
"d"

func SplitN 

func SplitN(s, sep []byte, n int) [][]byte

SplitN slices s into subslices separated by sep and returns a slice of the subslices between those separators. If sep is empty, SplitN splits after each UTF-8 sequence. The count determines the number of subslices to return:

  • n > 0: at most n subslices; the last subslice will be the unsplit remainder;
  • n == 0: the result is nil (zero subslices);
  • n < 0: all subslices.

To split around the first instance of a separator, see Cut.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	fmt.Printf("%q\n", bytes.SplitN([]byte("a,b,c"), []byte(","), 2))
	z := bytes.SplitN([]byte("a,b,c"), []byte(","), 0)
	fmt.Printf("%q (nil = %v)\n", z, z == nil)
}

Output:
["a" "b,c"]
[] (nil = true)

func SplitSeq added in go1.24.0 

func SplitSeq(s, sep []byte) iter.Seq[[]byte]

SplitSeq returns an iterator over all subslices of s separated by sep. The iterator yields the same subslices that would be returned by Split(s, sep), but without constructing a new slice containing the subslices. It returns a single-use iterator.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	s := []byte("a,b,c,d")
	for part := range bytes.SplitSeq(s, []byte(",")) {
		fmt.Printf("%q\n", part)
	}

}

Output:
"a"
"b"
"c"
"d"

func Title deprecated 

func Title(s []byte) []byte

Title treats s as UTF-8-encoded bytes and returns a copy with all Unicode letters that begin words mapped to their title case.

Deprecated: The rule Title uses for word boundaries does not handle Unicode punctuation properly. Use golang.org/x/text/cases instead.

Example 
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
)

func main() {
	fmt.Printf("%s", bytes.Title([]byte("her royal highness")))
}

Output:
Her Royal Highness