Convert map[interface {}]interface {} to map[string]string
From a source I cannot influence I am given data in a map, which arrives as map[interface {}]interface {}
.
I need to process the contained data, preferably as map[string]string
(the data within is perfectly suitable for that).
I need to generate a list of the keys from the data as well, as those are not known beforehand.
Most similar questions I could find on the web say more or less, that this is impossible, but if my map is m
, fmt.Println(m)
shows the data is there, readable as map[k0:v0 K1:v1 k2:v2 ... ]
.
How can I do what fmt.Println is able to do?
A secure way to process unknown interfaces, just use fmt.Sprintf()
https://play.golang.org/p/gOiyD4KpQGz
package main
import (
"fmt"
)
func main() {
mapInterface := make(map[interface{}]interface{})
mapString := make(map[string]string)
mapInterface["k1"] = 1
mapInterface[3] = "hello"
mapInterface["world"] = 1.05
for key, value := range mapInterface {
strKey := fmt.Sprintf("%v", key)
strValue := fmt.Sprintf("%v", value)
mapString[strKey] = strValue
}
fmt.Printf("%#v", mapString)
}
Perhaps I misunderstand the question, but would this work?
m := make(map[interface{}]interface{})
m["foo"] = "bar"
m2 := make(map[string]string)
for key, value := range m {
switch key := key.(type) {
case string:
switch value := value.(type) {
case string:
m2[key] = value
}
}
}