In this article, we will see how we can read a text file using Kotlin library functions. Kotlin is based on Java, hence we can use different Java library functions in Kotlin too.Example - BufferedReaderGo ahead and create a Kotlin file in your workspace and name it " ReadFile.kt". Keep a text file with some data in the same directory. For this example, our Text file looks like this −Welcome to the best tutorial website - www.tutorialsPoint.com This is the Text file that we want to read via KotlinExecute the following piece of code to read the above text file.// ... Read More

Elvis operator is very common in many programming languages. This is a binary expression that returns the first operand when the expression value is True and it returns the second operand when the expression value is False. Generally, the Elvis operator is denoted using "?:", the syntax looks like −First operand ?: Second operandExampleThe following example demonstrates how you can use the Elvis operator in Kotlin.fun main(args: Array) { val x: String? = null val y: String = x ?: "TutorialsPoint.com" // it will check whether the value of x ... Read More

Kotlin is a statistically typed language. It has been built over Java, hence it inherits all the object-oriented programming concepts of Java. In this article, we will see the difference between a "class" and an "object" in Kotlin.A "class" is a blueprint of a runtime entity and an "object" is its state, which includes both its behavior and state. In Kotlin, class declaration consists of a "class header" and a "class body" surrounded by curly braces, similar to Java. A general-purpose class definition looks like this −// class Header Class myClass { // class Body }There are ... Read More

Kotlin is a statistically typed language. It has different options to handle higher-order functions. Kotlin came up with a wonderful solution for higher-order functions by introducing inline functions.An Inline function is a kind of function that is declared with the keyword "inline" just before the function declaration. Once a function is declared inline, the compiler does not allocate any memory for this function, instead the compiler copies the piece of code virtually at the calling place at runtime.You should opt for an inline function in Kotlin in the following situations −When you need to access higher-order functions.When you need to ... Read More

In any programming language, generics are a powerful feature using which developers can create custom data type to manipulate a program in a different manner. There are many ways in which we can define generics in Kotlin.In this article, we will demonstrate the difference between "*" and "Any" keywords in Kotlin.When we define a collection with "*", it should contain the object of only that type. There should not be any mix and match between the data types inside a collection.If we use "Any", we can mix and match the data types, which means we can have multiple data types ... Read More

Kotlin is a cross-platform, statistically typed, general-purpose programming language. It is very popular among the developer community because of its interoperable nature with JVM. In the programming world sometimes it is required to check the type of an object to implement a business logic.Unlike Java, we don't have an "instance of" operator in Kotlin. However, we have an "is" operator in Kotlin for type checking and casting.ExampleThe following example demonstrates how the "is" operator works in Kotlin.fun main(args: Array) { val x: String = "TutorialsPoint" // checking the instance and matching the type ... Read More

"static" is a Java keyword that helps developers to define a class member, whereas the keyword "final" is used to declare a constant variable in Java. Once a variable is declared as static in Java, the value of the variable remains unchanged in every instance of the object. Similarly, once a variable is declared as final, its value cannot be altered.In this article, we will see how we can implement the same concept using Kotlin library function.Example - using companion objectA "companion object" is an object which is declared in the same file as a class. Both the class and ... Read More

A list is a type of collection in which data is stored in a sequential manner. We might come across a situation where the contents of one List have to be copied into another. In this article, we will see how to use Kotlin's built-in methods to clone a list.Example - Using toList()toList() is the basic method which can convert a collection into a list. We can use this method to clone an existing list too.fun main(args: Array) {    val x = listOf(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)    val copiedList=x.toList();    println("Given collection: " +x) ... Read More

Kotlin is a cross-platform and statically typed general-purpose programming language. Kotlin provides many optional methods to traverse through the collections. fold() and reduce() are two different methods, both are helpful for traversing a collection. In this article, we will see how and when to use these two methods.Example – fold()If we want to traverse through a collection serially, then we can use fold().fold() takes one initial value and one operation to perform the operation on the initial value.There are different kinds of fold(), for example, foldRight() folds from right to left. By default, fold() will traverse from left to right.The ... Read More

Kotlin is very efficient in managing the memory. Unlike Java, developers in Kotlin need not have to manage the memory explicitly. We do have different kinds of memory management techniques and Try-with-resource is one of them. In Kotlin, we have a function called 'use' which takes the burden of managing the resources automatically. This is a part of std library function provided by Kotlin.As per Kotlin documentation, use() is defined as a generic extension on all closeable types. The implementation looks like this −public inline fun T.use(block: (T) -> R): R {}In the above function, the definition block is the ... Read More