Setting a variable from a test file in golang

Question

Setting a variable from a test file in golang

I am trying to set a variable from my unit test file

main_test.go

var testingMode bool = true

main.go

if testingMode == true {
  //use test database
} else {
  //use regular database
}

If I run "go test" it works fine. If I do "go build", golang complains that testMode is not defined (which should be the case since tests are not part of the program).

But it seems that if I set a global variable in main.go, I cannot set it in main_test.

What's the correct way?

+3

go

Allen May 21 '15 at 9:30 am

source to share

1 answer

Pierre prinetti · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-21T09:42:39+0000

Try the following:

Define your variable as global in main.go

:

var testingMode bool

And then install it true

in your test file main_test.go

:

func init() {
    testingMode = true
}

Setting a variable from a test file in golang

More articles: