// reflect1.go
// blog: Laws of Reflection
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"reflect"
)

func main() {
	var x float64 = 3.4
	fmt.Println("type:", reflect.TypeOf(x))
	v := reflect.ValueOf(x)
	fmt.Println("value:", v)
	fmt.Println("type:", v.Type())
	fmt.Println("kind:", v.Kind())
	fmt.Println("value:", v.Float())
	fmt.Println(v.Interface())
	fmt.Printf("value is %5.2e\n", v.Interface())
	y := v.Interface().(float64)
	fmt.Println(y)
}

/* output:
type: float64
value: <float64 Value>
type: float64
kind: float64
value: 3.4
3.4
value is 3.40e+00
3.4
*/