Runtime error: assignment to entry in nil map
Solution 1
You have not initialized your inner map. Before your for loop you can add m["uid"] = make(map[string]T)
and then assign the name.
Solution 2
You should check if the map is nil and initialize one if it's nil inside the for loop:
if m["uid"] == nil {
m["uid"] = map[string]T{}
}
Solution 3
Probably the map you have define is by using variable
var m map[string]interface{}
Instead use
m := make(map[string]interface{})
to avoid respective error
Solution 4
There is thing as per the error
assignment to entry in nil map
For nested maps when assign to the deep level key we needs to be certain that its outer key has value. Else it will say that the map is nil. For eg in your case
m := make(map[string]map[string]T, len(names))
m is a nested map which contains string
key with map[string]T
as value. And you are assign the value
m["uid"][name] = T{cn: "Chaithra", street: "fkmp"}
here you can see the m["uid"]
is nil
and we are stating it contains a value [name]
which is a key to nested value of type T
. So first you need to assign value to "uid" or initialise it as
m["uid"] = make(map[string]T)
Kasinath Kottukkal
Updated on May 22, 2021Comments
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Kasinath Kottukkal about 3 years
I am trying to generate a map and then convert that to a yaml file like this:
uid : kasi: cn: Chaithra street: fkmp nandan: cn: Chaithra street: fkmp remya: cn: Chaithra street: fkmp
I think I am missing something important while creating the map. My code is below.
package main import ( "fmt" "gopkg.in/yaml.v2" ) type T struct { cn string street string } func main() { names := []string{"kasi", "remya", "nandan"} m := make(map[string]map[string]T, len(names)) for _, name := range names { //t := T{cn: "Chaithra", street: "fkmp"} m["uid"][name] = T{cn: "Chaithra", street: "fkmp"} } fmt.Println(m) y, _ := yaml.Marshal(&m) fmt.Println(string(y)) //fmt.Println(m, names) }
It is giving the following error:
panic: runtime error: assignment to entry in nil map
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Nic about 3 yearsm is not nil, it is m["uid"] that is nil