Short variable declarations

Inside a function, the := short assignment statement can be used in place of a var declaration with implicit type.

Outside a function, every statement begins with a keyword (var, func, and so on) and so the := construct is not available.

short-variable-declarations.go

package main
import "fmt"
func main() {
    var i, j int = 1, 2
    k := 3
    c, python, java := true, false, "no!"
    fmt.Println(i, j, k, c, python, java)
}