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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ contributors:
filename: LearnKotlin.kt
---
-Kotlin is a Statically typed programming language for the JVM, Android and the
+Kotlin is a statically typed programming language for the JVM, Android and the
browser. It is 100% interoperable with Java.
[Read more here.](https://kotlinlang.org/)
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ fun helloWorld(val name : String) {
A variable can be specified as nullable by appending a ? to its type.
We can access a nullable variable by using the ?. operator.
We can use the ?: operator to specify an alternative value to use
- if a variable is null
+ if a variable is null.
*/
var fooNullable: String? = "abc"
println(fooNullable?.length) // => 3
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ fun helloWorld(val name : String) {
println("${notOdd(i)} ${notEven(i)} ${notZero(i)} ${notPositive(i)}")
}
- //The "class" keyword is used to declare classes.
+ // The "class" keyword is used to declare classes.
class ExampleClass(val x: Int) {
fun memberFunction(y: Int) : Int {
return x + y
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ fun helloWorld(val name : String) {
println(fooList.size) // => 3
println(fooList.first()) // => a
println(fooList.last()) // => c
- // elements can be accessed by index
+ // Elements of a list can be accessed by their index.
println(fooList[1]) // => b
// A mutable list can be created using the "mutableListOf" function.
@@ -213,12 +213,37 @@ fun helloWorld(val name : String) {
// Map values can be accessed by their key.
println(fooMap["a"]) // => 8
+ /*
+ Sequences represent lazily-evaluated collections.
+ We can create a sequence using the "generateSequence" function.
+ */
+ val fooSequence = generateSequence(1, {it + 1})
+ val x = fooSequence.take(10).toList()
+ println(x) // => [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
+
+ // An example of using a sequence to generate Fibonacci numbers:
+ fun fibonacciSequence() : Sequence<Long> {
+ var a = 0L
+ var b = 1L
+
+ fun next() : Long {
+ val result = a + b
+ a = b
+ b = result
+ return a
+ }
+
+ return generateSequence(::next)
+ }
+ val y = fibonacciSequence().take(10).toList()
+ println(y) // => [1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55]
+
// Kotlin provides higher-order functions for working with collections.
- val x = (1..9).map {it * 3}
+ val z = (1..9).map {it * 3}
.filter {it < 20}
.groupBy {it % 2 == 0}
.mapKeys {if (it.key) "even" else "odd"}
- println(x) // => {odd=[3, 9, 15], even=[6, 12, 18]}
+ println(z) // => {odd=[3, 9, 15], even=[6, 12, 18]}
// A "for" loop can be used with anything that provides an iterator.
for (c in "hello") {