How to check if a map contains a key in Go?

if val, ok := dict["foo"]; ok {
    //do something here
}

if statements in Go can include both a condition and an initialization statement. The example above uses both:

• initializes two variables – val will receive either the value of “foo” from the map or a “zero value” (in this case the empty string) and ok will receive a bool that will be set to true if “foo” was actually present in the map
• evaluates ok, which will be true if “foo” was in the map

If “foo” is indeed present in the map, the body of the if statement will be executed and val will be local to that scope.