[Kotlin] The Elvis operator

In Javascript, we have:

return age === null ? -1 : age

 

In kotlin, we can do the same thing with a better / simpler syntax:

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1 2	val safeAge: Int     get() = age ?: -1 // if age is null return -1 otherwise return age

　　

Let's see another use case:

// javascript

let favoriteColor = null

function getUpperFavoriteColor () {
    if(favoriteColor === null) return ""
    else 
        return favoriteColor.toUpperCase()]
}

 

// kotlin

var favoriteColor: String?

fun getUpperFavoriteColor() {
    return favoriateColor?.toUpperCase() ?: ""
}