In Kotlin if is special because it returns values. That is why we can use an if statement to assign values to a result. This removes the need for a ternary operator in Kotlin. Let's see how we can use if statements to assign value.
Assigning result to an expression using the if keyword
Getting ready
You need to install a preferred development environment that compiles and runs Kotlin. You can also use the command line for this purpose, for which you need Kotlin compiler installed, along with JDK. I am using the command line for compiling and running my Kotlin code for this recipe.
