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DerefSlice

func DerefSlice[T any](ptrs []*T, def T) []T

DerefSlice dereferences all pointers in a slice, using def for nil pointers. Returns a new slice with dereferenced values.

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package main

import (
    "fmt"

    ptr "github.com/Goldziher/go-utils/ptrutils"
)

func main() {
    ptrs := []*int{ptr.To(1), nil, ptr.To(3), nil, ptr.To(5)}

    // Dereference with default value of 0 for nils
    values := ptr.DerefSlice(ptrs, 0)
    fmt.Println(values)  // [1 0 3 0 5]
}