The Unit return type declaration is optional for functions. The following codes are equivalent.
Single-Expression functions:When a function returns a single expression, the curly braces can be omitted and the
body is specified after = symbol
fun sum(a : Int, b : Int) : Int = a + b
Explicitly declaring the return type is optional when this can be inferred by the compiler
fun sum(a : Int, b : Int) = a + b
String interpolation: Using string values is easy.
In java:
int num=10 String s = "i =" + i;
In Kotlin:
val num = 10 val s = "i = $num"
In Kotlin, the type system distinguishes between references that can hold null (nullable references) and those
that can not (non-null references). For example, a regular variable of type String can not hold null:
var a: String = "abc" a = null // compilation error
To allow nulls, we can declare a variable as nullable string, written String?:
var b: String? = "abc" b = null // ok
In Kotlin,== actually checks for equality of values. By convention, an expression like a == b is translated to
a?.equals(b) ?: (b === null)