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Kerbal Space Program Germany
Kerbal Space Program Germany

Reputation: 31

Kotlin: How to use if statements in a lambda expression

I did try this but i get to Error's.

fun main() {
    val addExclamationMark: (String) -> String = {if it.contains("!") -> it else -> it + "!"}
    println(addExclamationMark("Hallo Welt"))
}

Type mismatch: inferred type is Unit but String was expected Expecting a condition in parentheses '(...)' Unexpected tokens (use ';' to separate expressions on the same line)

Can you please tell me how to do this right with some explanation so i understand Kotlin more ? ;)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 717

Answers (3)

ChrLipp
ChrLipp

Reputation: 15668

Error Type mismatch: inferred type is Unit but String was expected is because you defined the return datatype as String, but you didn't return anything. Two reasons for that:

  • the -> in the condition are not necessary, they are too much
  • the condition has to be in parentheses

Putting all together, this works:

fun main() {
    val addExclamationMark: (String) -> String = { if (it.contains("!")) it else it + "!"}
    println(addExclamationMark("Hallo Welt"))
}

Check here

Upvotes: 1

Mazlum Tosun
Mazlum Tosun

Reputation: 6572

  • You can use a lambda that take a String and returns a String
  • In some situation, you can also use a method that implements a function by inference. The method have to respect the signature of the function.
import java.util.*

fun main() {
    // Lambda with String -> String
    val addExclamationMarkConst: (String) -> String = { if (it.contains("!")) it else "$it!" }
    println(addExclamationMarkConst("Hallo Welt"))
    
    // Method that implements the function with String -> Unit
    Optional.of("Hallo Welt").ifPresent(::printExclamationMark)
}

fun printExclamationMark(input: String): Unit {
    val elementToPrint: String = if (input.contains("!")) input else "$input!"
    println(elementToPrint)
}

Upvotes: 0

shraddha patel
shraddha patel

Reputation: 778

You have to pass a string, didn't return anything,

fun main() {
    Val addExclamationMark: (String) -> String = {
                if (it.contains("!")) {
                    it
                } else {
                    "$it!"
                }
            }

        println(addExclamationMark("Hallo Welt"))
}

Upvotes: 0

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