Like many other programming languages, Kotlin provides checks like isNullOrEmpty, which allows simply checking variables like myString.isNullOrEmpty()
.
Is there a way to combine such a check with a when expression? By default, the expression only allows explicit strings. Is something like this possible?:
when (myString) {
"1" -> print("1")
"2" -> print("1")
myString.isNullOrEmpty() -> print("null or empty") //This is what I am looking for
else -> print("None of them")
}
You can eliminate argument of when
like this:
when {
myString == "1" -> print("1")
myString == "2" -> print("2")
myString.isNullOrEmpty() -> print("null or empty")
else -> print("None of them")
}
Or explicitly say "null or empty string":
when (myString) {
"1" -> print("1")
"2" -> print("2")
null, "" -> print("null or empty")
else -> print("None of them")
}