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Difference between isNullOrEmpty and isNullOrBlank in Kotlin
Both these functions, isNullOrEmpty and isNullOrBlank, are used in Kotlin whenever it is required to check if a String value is empty or not. Let's check how these two functions are different from each other.
isNullOrBlank – It takes whitespaces into account, which means " " is different from "". This function will return True only when the String is declared with no characters in it. It will check whether the value of the String is NULL and it will also check whether the String is blank.
isNullOrEmpty() – This function checks whether the string is declared as NULL or whether it is empty. Whenever String.length returns "0", then this function will return True, otherwise False.
Example – isNullOrBlank vs. isNullOrEmpty
The following example demonstrates the difference between isNullorBlank and isNullOrEmpty −
fun main(args: Array<String>) {
val String1 = " "
val String2 = ""
// String1 is Null but not empty
// String1 contains whitespace
println(String1.isNullOrEmpty())
// Null and empty: True
// isNullOrBlank counts whitespace as blank
println(String1.isNullOrBlank())
// String2 has no whitespaces
println(String2.isNullOrEmpty())
println(String2.isNullOrBlank())
}Output
It will produce the following output −
false true true true
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