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Error "cannot convert data (type interface{}) to type string": type assertion in Go

Hello everyone! I'm new to Go and encountered a problem that I can't solve for the second day. I have a function that receives data from an external API as `interface{}`. I'm trying to convert it to a string, but the compiler gives an error: "cannot convert data (type interface{}) to type string: need type assertion". Here's my code: ```go package main import "fmt" func processData(data interface{}) string { // Trying to convert interface{} to string result := string(data) return result } func main() { var val interface{} = "Hello, World!" result := processData(val) fmt.Println(result) } ``` I understand that `interface{}` can store any value, but shouldn't type conversion via `string(data)` work? In other languages, for example in