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Kotlin: conditional items during map creation

Is there a way to do something like this in Kotlin?

mapOf(
   "key1" to var1,
   "key2" to var2,
   if(var3 > 5) "key3" to var3       
)

Or the only way is to add the key "key3" after the map is created? I'd like to add an item to a map only if some condition is met.

Solution

  • One way to do that is to use listOfNotNull(...) + .toMap() and put nulls where you want to skip an item:

    val map = listOfNotNull(
   "key1" to var1,
   "key2" to var2,
   if (var3 > 5) "key3" to var3 else null
).toMap()

    You can additionally use .takeIf { ... }, but note that it will evaluate the pair regardless of the condition, so if the pair expression calls a function, it will be called anyway:

    val map = listOfNotNull(
    /* ... */
    ("key3" to var3).takeIf { var3 > 5 }
).toMap()