How do I reverse an array in Go?

Honestly this one is simple enough that I'd just write it out like this:

package main

import "fmt"

func main() {

    s := []int{5, 2, 6, 3, 1, 4}

    for i, j := 0, len(s)-1; i < j; i, j = i+1, j-1 {
        s[i], s[j] = s[j], s[i]
    }

    fmt.Println(s)
}

http://play.golang.org/p/vkJg_D1yUb

(The other answers do a good job of explaining sort.Interface and how to use it; so I won't repeat that.)

Normally, to sort an array of integers you wrap them in an IntSlice, which defines the methods Len, Less, and Swap. These methods are in turn used by sort.Sort. What sort.Reverse does is that it takes an existing type that defines Len, Less, and Swap, but it replaces the Less method with a new one that is always the inverse of the underlying Less:

type reverse struct {
    // This embedded Interface permits Reverse to use the methods of
    // another Interface implementation.
    Interface
}

// Less returns the opposite of the embedded implementation's Less method.
func (r reverse) Less(i, j int) bool {
    return r.Interface.Less(j, i)
}

// Reverse returns the reverse order for data.
func Reverse(data Interface) Interface {
    return &reverse{data}
}

So when you write sort.Reverse(sort.IntSlice(s)), whats happening is that you're getting this new, 'modified' IntSlice that has it's Less method replaced. So if you call sort.Sort on it, which calls Less, it will get sorted in decreasing order.