Kotlin's Type Inference
Understand Kotlin's powerful type inference capabilities and how to use them to write more succinct code.
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Type inference is a compiler feature that allows you to omit types in your code when the compiler can infer it for you.
Type Inference in Kotlin
Kotlin’s compiler can infer the types of most variables, so adding the type is optional:
Kotlin
// Run the code to see the variable's typesval string = "Educative"val int = 27val long = 42Lval double = 2.71828val float = 1.23fval bool = true
Note: The terms on the left-hand side of the equals sign are just the variable names, not the data types. ...