Ranges

Kotlin supports the concept of ranges, which represent sequences of comparable types. To create a range, we can use the rangeTo methods that are implemented in classes, such as Int, in the following way:

public operator fun rangeTo(other: Byte): LongRange = LongRange(this, other)

public operator fun rangeTo(other: Short): LongRange = LongRange(this, other)

public operator fun rangeTo(other: Int): LongRange = LongRange(this, other)

public operator fun rangeTo(other: Long): LongRange = LongRange(this, other)

So, we have two options for creating a range, as follows:

• Using the rangeTo method. This may look as follows—1.rangeTo(100).
• Using the .. operator. This may look as follows—1..100.

Ranges are extremely useful when we work with loops:

for (i in 0..100) {
    // .....
}

The 0..100 range is equal to the 1 <= i && i <= 100 statement.

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