// array literals are their own types // [3]int is a different type to [4]int package main import "fmt" func main() { var x [3]int x = [3]int{1, 2, 3} fmt.Println(x) // index 0=1, index 5=4, index 6=6, index 10=100, index 11=15, the rest 0 var y = [12]int{1, 5: 4, 6, 10: 100, 15} fmt.Println(y) // can leave the size off if initialising an array var z = [...]int{1, 2, 3} }