// select lets you wait on multiple channel operations package main import ( "fmt" "time" ) func main() { // select across two channels c1 := make(chan string) c2 := make(chan string) // each channel will receive a value after some amount of time, to simulate go func() { time.Sleep(1 * time.Second) c1 <- "one" }() go func() { time.Sleep(2 * time.Second) c2 <- "two" }() // use select to await both of these values simultaneously for i := 0; i < 2; i++ { select { case msg1 := <-c1: fmt.Println("received", msg1) case msg2 := <-c2: fmt.Println("received", msg2) } } }