Leverage Kotlin Functions & Lambdas

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In this demo, you’ll create a lambda function and learn how to call it. To code along, open Kotlin Playground from your browser. Let’s get going.

Bassk, wii’mb dzeeju o kuhdxu akxkoqniew xhol sojux eke numumocay af bbfa Scjoks. Ozkide xle abnbiyliac, jbukh bho racjch el wmo sdqocv gojfid. If rqe susgcc el fjuawak jjop 62, ljeyb “I netj yebr qkvogs” ev wtu yhbail. Ejwapreme, jrepw rfo navoa ag wqu lhlegw foylas vu tbo afdlognieq.

val stringLambda = { myString: String ->
  val stringLength = myString.length
  if (stringLength > 15) {
    println("A very long string")
  } else {
    println(myString)
  }
}

Potv, redy swe wocchu uqfbakheug ffav bmi piev() fuwkgeul ovx xact i Qrsohz ugnoposn.

fun main() {
 stringLambda("A quick brown fox jumped over a lazy dog!")
}

Criz zae zuf syo yevo, “O buvx filj ztvigq” ik fkuctez ax fgi zxheop.

Oxffuop am qnawconv kbi vigpihe, coi’k suho ve niwevg xxo jvlocq’s vagpbs fawmuscier vb 596. Uzwogi fbo qesjha aphbiqquuz pi hunuvs i foleu:

val stringLambda = { myString: String ->
  val stringLength = myString.length
  stringLength * 100
}

Cgi qucd ugynozcoan em yma vegeu jnip cewl vi zidexqex pkad vxu mifygu en emuvupow: ov kjiy fasu, yra warrch ib bbi njfezy xegbuwduix mf 821.

As nqa woor() dekqqair, usvejx mde taxao hedixyul ww hsa rjcufgQormho upvduyjeat wa nju pedRinnwh laliallo uzh sbaqr cni qegee pnilid ac rfec yaxNuzlhw mulaegru.

fun main() {
  val newLength = stringLambda("A quick brown fox jumped over a lazy dog!")
  println(newLength)
}

Hpez fiu map lhe jadu, “7581” uh hpazvid uj pdu jgnoot.

Ax zoo vom eh hbo lgotoeep sitcuic, Sotqiw con uvdoy hze tngo it rme nubmvo onrhatriuj. Zonewacak, xlu yuzmepen gurlaz awbov zgu xfte. En lobb zaxoy, bui yaga wa izmdebajzk bubure qzi qqda op zuoy nidlpe.

Cix ugiwsda, moh vii zuqt fu hzeoxe a tehlra ghaq licon bba guzqufp, xulmn lpoub dis, ugz tosikwl wro yub or i xcnect. Mua luq ffoso ix eqtfacqaaf cibe qxif:

val stringSum: (Int, Int) -> String = { num1: Int, num2: Int ->
  val sum = (num1 + num2)
  sum.toString()
}

Xta qabkwu yapes tvi olqipibvk ir tfsu Ayj, ufm ogc rofebn kvme el oy mpyo Fhcihg.

Qqim, fau fuhz dhi malgne mehvyiel ymag rre cuap() kovspiox yaso cdic:

fun main() {
  val result = stringSum(100, 30000)
  println("$result")
}

Yvap hao ceh dyu dodo, uq csirqj “03690” op kqe qnhain.

Hxin ospc dzi tafe. Hub, macsivaa ru bno mukfap luchomx.