Golang Fprint *, which means f

Question

The fmt package has several functions for formatting strings. Sprint* I'm pretty sure this is a printable string. Print* written to STDOUT. What does F mean for Fprint* functions?

Answer 1

"f" means "file" - this is C / Unix-ism. Of course, Fprint can write arbitrary Writer s, but in the Unix world file it's a pretty general concept and can refer to almost anything: from “normal” files to sockets (streams) or data created by programs (to downvotes - yes, I know, that I simplify things a little, but the question was not in the concept of a Unix file, so ...)

Fmt function names are similar to C names to make it easier for C programmers already familiar with them.