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Kotlin If...Else

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Summary

This lesson discusses conditional branching using 'if', 'else if', and 'else' in Kotlin. Interestingly, just like in Rust, the 'if' in Kotlin can act as an expression that yields a return value. This eliminates the need for traditional ternary operators.

Key points

Conditional statements using the keywords 'if' and 'else'
In Kotlin, 'if' is an expression that can return a value
The use of 'if' as an expression replaces the function of the ternary operator (?:)
If used as an expression, the 'else' branch is mandatory

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