How to add multiple packages in a Go REPL?

Hey everyone, new to go.
I'm having a hard time trying the packages concept I just learned.

This is the file structure I'm having:

main.go
games/
    maps.go

maps.go

package games

func PlayAGame(){}

main.go

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "games"
)

I'm trying to import the games package in main.go but I'm not able to.

So wanted to know whether packages don't work in repl here?

Thanks a lot.

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I'm pretty sure you have to put "./games"

As of 2022 with go 1.16.7 in Repl.it, both methods (bfs999 and
HackermonDev) don't seem to work.

One way worked for me is the following...

In the file structure like this:

-root(.)
---main.go
---go.mod
-----mypkg
-------my_pkg.go
-------go.mod

where ./mypkg/my_pkg.go has

package mypkg
...

and ./mypkg/go.mod is needed with the following content to indicate the package mypkg to Go:

module mypkg
go 1.16

In the UI, modify the go.mod in the Packager Files section to the following (it is actually located at ./go.mod):

module main

go 1.16

replace mypkg v0.0.0 => ./mypkg

require mypkg v0.0.0 // indirect

The replace directive will translate mypkg in the import line to the correct local package directory (./mypkg).

In main.go, you can now import the package using import "mypkg" and use the package like mypkg..

This does appear to be supported now, and since I spent a long time looking for it, I figured I'd share. Thanks to @GrahamWalters on https://repl.it/talk/ask/How-to-import-local-packages-in-go/21017.

In a file structure such as this

-root
---main.go
---pkg
------pkg.go

the local package (pkg in this case) can be accessed in main through

package main

import (
	"main/pkg"
)

func main() {
	pkg.SomeFunc()
}