package mapset import ( "fmt" ) type YourType struct { Name string } func ExampleIterator() { set := NewSetFromSlice([]interface{}{ &YourType{Name: "Alise"}, &YourType{Name: "Bob"}, &YourType{Name: "John"}, &YourType{Name: "Nick"}, }) var found *YourType it := set.Iterator() for elem := range it.C { if elem.(*YourType).Name == "John" { found = elem.(*YourType) it.Stop() } } fmt.Printf("Found %+v\n", found) // Output: Found &{Name:John} }