From 5eb61f623a919fcb1351479b8cecc0da1772dd15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Scott Nichols <32305648+n3wscott@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 10:06:58 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Adding string pointer. (#380)

---
 ptr/ptr.go      | 6 ++++++
 ptr/ptr_test.go | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ptr/ptr.go b/ptr/ptr.go
index a377f4aff..bd67d8600 100644
--- a/ptr/ptr.go
+++ b/ptr/ptr.go
@@ -27,3 +27,9 @@ func Int64(i int64) *int64 {
 func Bool(b bool) *bool {
 	return &b
 }
+
+// String is a helper for turning strings into pointers for use in
+// API types that want *string.
+func String(s string) *string {
+	return &s
+}
diff --git a/ptr/ptr_test.go b/ptr/ptr_test.go
index 63fe51b25..e8e26a7e2 100644
--- a/ptr/ptr_test.go
+++ b/ptr/ptr_test.go
@@ -33,3 +33,11 @@ func TestBool(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Bool() = &%v, wanted %v", *gotPtr, want)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestString(t *testing.T) {
+	want := "should be a pointer"
+	gotPtr := String(want)
+	if want != *gotPtr {
+		t.Errorf("String() = &%v, wanted %v", *gotPtr, want)
+	}
+}