Skip to main content
Search type Search syntax
Tags [tag]
Exact "words here"
Author user:1234
user:me (yours)
Score score:3 (3+)
score:0 (none)
Answers answers:3 (3+)
answers:0 (none)
isaccepted:yes
hasaccepted:no
inquestion:1234
Views views:250
Code code:"if (foo != bar)"
Sections title:apples
body:"apples oranges"
URL url:"*.example.com"
Saves in:saves
Status closed:yes
duplicate:no
migrated:no
wiki:no
Types is:question
is:answer
Exclude -[tag]
-apples
For more details on advanced search visit our help page
Results tagged with
Search options answers only not deleted user 23218

A method is a procedure that is associated with a particular object. The purpose of the method is to guide the behavior of the object, and the tag should be used when this is the case.

71 votes

How and why to decide between naming methods with "get" and "find" prefixes

To quote a conversation I often have with my kids: me: Hey kid! Go find me some batteries kid: But where are they? me: That's why I told you to go find them. If I knew where they were, I would hav …
jimwise's user avatar
  • 7,628
9 votes

Math library methods in Google's Go Programming Language

The short answer is that Go is a successor to C, and C's standard math library is also defined almost exclusively in terms of single- and double-precision floating point values. The longer answer is …
jimwise's user avatar
  • 7,628