StructTag.Lookup in Go

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Lookup returns the value associated with key in the tag string. If the key is present in the tag the value (which may be empty) is returned. Otherwise the returned value will be the empty string. The ok return value reports whether the value was explicitly set in the tag string. If the tag does not have the conventional format, the value returned by Lookup is unspecified.

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package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"reflect"
)

func main() {
	type S struct {
		F0 string `alias:"field_0"`
		F1 string `alias:""`
		F2 string
	}

	s := S{}
	st := reflect.TypeOf(s)
	for i := 0; i < st.NumField(); i++ {
		field := st.Field(i)
		if alias, ok := field.Tag.Lookup("alias"); ok {
			if alias == "" {
				fmt.Println("(blank)")
			} else {
				fmt.Println(alias)
			}
		} else {
			fmt.Println("(not specified)")
		}
	}
}