Add generic functions SliceToSlicePointers and SlicePointersToSlice

slice_utils/slice_utils.go

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package slice_utils
 
 import (
 	"github.com/thoas/go-funk"
+	"gitlab.bob.co.za/bob-public-utils/bobgroup-go-utils/utils"
 )
 
 func MinimumFloat64(values []float64) (min float64) {
@@ -64,3 +65,22 @@ func ArraySlice(s []any, offset, length int) []any {
 	}
 	return s[offset:]
 }
+
+func SliceToSlicePointers[V any](s []V) []*V {
+	result := make([]*V, len(s))
+	for i, v := range s {
+		vCopy := v // Create a copy to avoid pointer to loop variable issue
+		result[i] = utils.ValueToPointer(vCopy)
+	}
+	return result
+}
+
+func SlicePointersToSlice[V any](s []*V) []V {
+	result := make([]V, len(s))
+	for i, vp := range s {
+		if vp != nil {
+			result[i] = utils.PointerToValue(vp)
+		}
+	}
+	return result
+}