Go has similar functionality: If you only need the second item in the range (the value), use the blank identifier, an underscore, to discard the first: sum :=

Go has similar functionality: If you only need the second item in the range (the value), use the blank identifier, an underscore, to discard the first: sum := 0 for _, value := range array { sum += value } from: http://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#for http://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html#for