package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "time"
)

func main(){

  //make channel of type string
  c := make(chan,string)	

  //run in background
  go count("sheep", c)

  //loop until count function closes the channel
  for {
    msg, open := <- c
    if !open {
      //channel closed, break out of for loop
      break
    }
  }

  fmt.Println(msg)
}

func count(thing string, c chan string) {
  for i:=0; i <= 5; i++ {
    //send message on channel
    c <- thing
    time.Sleep(time.Millisecond * 500)
  }

  //close channel
  close(c)
}