// Copyright 2018 The Go Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. package token_test import ( "fmt" "go/ast" "go/parser" "go/token" ) func Example_retrievePositionInfo() { fset := token.NewFileSet() const src = `package main import "fmt" import "go/token" //line :1:5 type p = token.Pos const bad = token.NoPos //line fake.go:42:11 func ok(pos p) bool { return pos != bad } /*line :7:9*/func main() { fmt.Println(ok(bad) == bad.IsValid()) } ` f, err := parser.ParseFile(fset, "main.go", src, 0) if err != nil { fmt.Println(err) return } // Print the location and kind of each declaration in f. for _, decl := range f.Decls { // Get the filename, line, and column back via the file set. // We get both the relative and absolute position. // The relative position is relative to the last line directive. // The absolute position is the exact position in the source. pos := decl.Pos() relPosition := fset.Position(pos) absPosition := fset.PositionFor(pos, false) // Either a FuncDecl or GenDecl, since we exit on error. kind := "func" if gen, ok := decl.(*ast.GenDecl); ok { kind = gen.Tok.String() } // If the relative and absolute positions differ, show both. fmtPosition := relPosition.String() if relPosition != absPosition { fmtPosition += "[" + absPosition.String() + "]" } fmt.Printf("%s: %s\n", fmtPosition, kind) } // Output: // // main.go:3:1: import // main.go:5:1: import // main.go:1:5[main.go:8:1]: type // main.go:3:1[main.go:10:1]: const // fake.go:42:11[main.go:13:1]: func // fake.go:7:9[main.go:17:14]: func }