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hetsgandhi
hetsgandhi

Reputation: 806

Assignments are not expressions and only expressions are allowed in this context - Kotlin

I am getting error while converting java to kotlin and cannot understand how to solve this particular error.

internal fun getDiff(to: Calendar, from: Calendar): Long {

        var diffInSeconds = (to.time.time - from.time.time) / 1000

        val diff = longArrayOf(0, 0, 0, 0)
        diff[3] = if (diffInSeconds >= 60) diffInSeconds % 60 
                    else diffInSeconds // sec
        diff[2] = if ((diffInSeconds = diffInSeconds / 60)>= 60)
                         diffInSeconds % 60
                 else
                        diffInSeconds // min
        diff[1] = if ((diffInSeconds = diffInSeconds / 60) >= 24)
                        diffInSeconds % 24
                 else
                        diffInSeconds // hour
        diff[0] = (diffInSeconds = diffInSeconds / 24) // day

        Log.e("days", diff[0].toString() + "")

        return diff[0]
}

Following line: (diffInSeconds = diffInSeconds / 60) shows error displaying

Assignments are not expressions, and only expressions are allowed in this context

Upvotes: 1

Views: 13355

Answers (2)

Hemant Parmar
Hemant Parmar

Reputation: 3976

The syntax is not valid, because diffInSeconds = diffInSeconds / 60 is not an expression in Kotlin. just do this

var a = diffInSeconds /= 60
diff[1] = if (a >= 24)

Upvotes: 1

Ikazuchi
Ikazuchi

Reputation: 443

You can not do things like this:

diffInSeconds = diffInSeconds / 60

in if, it is not supported by kotlin. You have to extract it before or after if.

E.g.

internal fun getDiff(to: Calendar, from: Calendar): Long {

    var diffInSeconds = (to.time.time - from.time.time) / 1000

    val diff = longArrayOf(0, 0, 0, 0)
    diff[3] = if (diffInSeconds >= 60) diffInSeconds % 60
    else diffInSeconds // sec
    diffInSeconds /= 60
    diff[2] = if (diffInSeconds >= 60)
        diffInSeconds % 60
    else
        diffInSeconds // min
    diffInSeconds /= 60
    diff[1] = if (diffInSeconds >= 24)
        diffInSeconds % 24
    else
        diffInSeconds // hour
    diffInSeconds /= 24
    diff[0] = (diffInSeconds) // day


    return diff[0]
}

Upvotes: 1

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