The Go language's for loop comes with a special "range" keyword that provides the index and value of each element within an iteration of a data structure.

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Learn how the range keyword in Golang simplifies data structure iteration and makes for loops cleaner and easier to read. Discover how to use the range keyword to iterate through arrays, slices, strings, maps, and channels, and access both the index and value of each element.

How Golang Range Simplifies Data Structure Iteration