From af3974d3fe667ca44fef40aae7c8a76a8787c317 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jbranchaud <jbranchaud@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2024 11:53:23 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add Do Something N Times as a Go TIL

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 README.md                  |  3 +-
 go/do-something-n-times.md | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 go/do-something-n-times.md

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 968d25d..c15910f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pairing with smart people at Hashrocket.
 
 For a steady stream of TILs, [sign up for my newsletter](https://crafty-builder-6996.ck.page/e169c61186).
 
-_1496 TILs and counting..._
+_1497 TILs and counting..._
 
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@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ _1496 TILs and counting..._
 
 - [Access Go Docs Offline](go/access-go-docs-offline.md)
 - [Build For A Specific OS And Architecture](go/build-for-a-specific-os-and-architecture.md)
+- [Do Something N Times](go/do-something-n-times.md)
 - [Find Executables Installed By Go](go/find-executables-installed-by-go.md)
 - [Not So Random](go/not-so-random.md)
 - [Replace The Current Process With An External Command](go/replace-the-current-process-with-an-external-command.md)
diff --git a/go/do-something-n-times.md b/go/do-something-n-times.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53c8742
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go/do-something-n-times.md
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# Do Something N Times
+
+With Go 1.23 there is a new for-range syntax that makes looping a bit easier
+and more compact.
+
+Instead of needing to set up our 3-part for-loop syntax, we can say we want to
+do something `N` times with `for range N`.
+
+```go
+for range n {
+	// do something
+}
+```
+
+Let's look at an actual, runnable example:
+
+```go
+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+import "math/rand"
+import "time"
+
+func main() {
+	rand.Seed(time.Now().UnixNano()) 
+
+	food := []string{"taco", "burrito", "torta", "enchilada", "tostada"}
+
+	for range 5 {
+		randomIndex := rand.Intn(len(food))
+		fmt.Println(food[randomIndex])
+	}
+}
+```
+
+The output is random and might look something like this:
+
+```bash
+$ go run loop.go
+taco
+burrito
+tostada
+taco
+enchilada
+```
+
+I appreciate this syntax addition because it feels very akin to Ruby's `#times`
+method:
+
+```ruby
+5.times do
+  # do something
+end
+```
+
+[source](https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2024/ranging-over-functions-in-go-123/)