What is it

Go has a type reflection system, which allows for inspection of type at runtime.

• This is made available through the reflect package

import (
	"fmt"
	"reflect"
)

func main() {
	var x int = 42
	var y []string = []string{"hello", "world"}

	// Get the reflect.Type of x
	xType := reflect.TypeOf(x)
	fmt.Println("Type of x:", xType)
	fmt.Println("Kind of x:", xType.Kind()) // Output: Kind of x: int

	// Get the reflect.Type of y
	yType := reflect.TypeOf(y)
	fmt.Println("Type of y:", yType)
	fmt.Println("Kind of y:", yType.Kind()) // Output: Kind of y: slice
}