How to read from console in Go / Golang and cast to int?

This might be a simple snippet but it’s useful for those who are learning Go / GoLang.

package main

import (
	"bufio"
	"fmt"
	"os"
	"strconv"
	"strings"
)

func main() {
	reader := bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin)
	fmt.Print("Enter text: ")
	text, _ := reader.ReadString('\n')
	fmt.Println("The text is: " + text)
	//Replace with \r\n if on Windows and \n if on Linux
	text = strings.Replace(text, "\r\n", "", -1)
	castedText, _ := strconv.Atoi(text)
	fmt.Println(castedText)
}

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