reduceOrNull

inline fun CharSequence.reduceOrNull(operation: (acc: Char, Char) -> Char): Char?

Accumulates value starting with the first character and applying operation from left to right to current accumulator value and each character.

Returns null if the char sequence is empty.

Since Kotlin

1.4

Samples

import samples.*
import kotlin.test.*
fun main() { 
   //sampleStart 
   val strings = listOf("a", "b", "c", "d")
assertPrints(strings.reduceOrNull { acc, string -> acc + string }, "abcd")
assertPrints(strings.reduceIndexedOrNull { index, acc, string -> acc + string + index }, "ab1c2d3")

assertPrints(emptyList<String>().reduceOrNull { _, _ -> "" }, "null") 
   //sampleEnd
}

Parameters

operation

function that takes current accumulator value and a character, and calculates the next accumulator value.