// methods defined on struct types package main import "fmt" type rect struct { width, height int } // area method has a receiver type of *rect func (r *rect) area() int { return r.width * r.height } // Methods can be defined for either pointer or value receiver types func (r rect) perim() int { return 2*r.width + 2*r.height } func main() { r := rect{width: 10, height: 5} // call 2 methods defined for the struct fmt.Println("area: ", r.area()) fmt.Println("perim:", r.perim()) // Go automatically handles conversion between values and pointers for method calls rp := &r fmt.Println("area: ", rp.area()) fmt.Println("perim:", rp.perim()) }