errors.New() Function in Golang with Examples Last Updated : 03 May, 2020 Comments Improve Suggest changes 2 Likes Like Report Errors package in Golang is used to implement the functions to manipulate the errors. errors.New()function returns an error that formats like given text. Each call to New returns distinct error value indeed in the event that the content is indistinguishable. Syntax: func New(text string) error It returns an error. Example 1: C // Golang program to illustrate // the errors.new() function package main import ( "errors" "fmt" ) // Main function func main() { err := errors.New("Sample Error") if err != nil { fmt.Print(err) } } Output: Sample Error Example 2: C // Golang program to illustrate // the errors.new() function package main import ( "errors" "fmt" ) // Main function func main() { err := errors.New("It Says Error!") if err != nil { fmt.Print(err) } } Output: It Says Error! Comment A avengerjanus123 Follow 2 Improve A avengerjanus123 Follow 2 Improve Article Tags : Go Language Golang-errors Explore Go Tutorial 3 min read OverviewGo Programming Language (Introduction) 7 min read How to Install Go on Windows? 3 min read How to Install Golang on MacOS? 4 min read Hello World in Golang 3 min read FundamentalsIdentifiers in Go Language 3 min read Go Keywords 2 min read Data Types in Go 7 min read Go Variables 9 min read Constants- Go Language 6 min read Go Operators 9 min read Control StatementsGo Decision Making (if, if-else, Nested-if, if-else-if) 5 min read Loops in Go Language 5 min read Switch Statement in Go 2 min read Functions & MethodsFunctions in Go Language 3 min read Variadic Functions in Go 3 min read Anonymous function in Go Language 2 min read main and init function in Golang 2 min read What is Blank Identifier(underscore) in Golang? 3 min read Defer Keyword in Golang 3 min read Methods in Golang 3 min read StructureStructures in Golang 7 min read Nested Structure in Golang 3 min read Anonymous Structure and Field in Golang 3 min read ArraysArrays in Go 7 min read How to Copy an Array into Another Array in Golang? 3 min read How to pass an Array to a Function in Golang? 2 min read SlicesSlices in Golang 14 min read Slice Composite Literal in Go 3 min read How to sort a slice of ints in Golang? 2 min read How to trim a slice of bytes in Golang? 3 min read How to split a slice of bytes in Golang? 3 min read StringsStrings in Golang 7 min read How to Trim a String in Golang? 2 min read How to Split a String in Golang? 3 min read Different ways to compare Strings in Golang 2 min read PointersPointers in Golang 8 min read Passing Pointers to a Function in Go 3 min read Pointer to a Struct in Golang 3 min read Go Pointer to Pointer (Double Pointer) 4 min read Comparing Pointers in Golang 3 min read Like