package tag import ( "fmt" "reflect" "strings" ) var opts struct { query string `name:"query" help:"tag query"` invert bool `name:"invert" help:"invert match"` } func stripDashes(flag string) string { return strings.TrimPrefix(flag, "--") } func Tag(args []string) { // reflection! t := reflect.TypeOf(opts) field := reflect.StructField{} found := false for _, a := range args { field, found = t.FieldByName(stripDashes(a)) if !found { fmt.Printf("%s not found in opts\n", a) return } } tag := field.Tag fmt.Printf("field name: %#v\n", tag.Get("name")) fmt.Printf("field help: %#v\n", tag.Get("help")) // for i := 0; i < t.NumField(); i++ { // field := t.Field(i) // if alias, ok := field.Tag.Lookup("name"); ok { // if alias == "" { // fmt.Println("(blank)") // } else { // fmt.Println(alias) // } // } else { // fmt.Println("(not specified)") // } // } }