isBlank

Common

JVM

Native

1.0

fun CharSequence.isBlank(): Boolean

Returns true if this string is empty or consists solely of whitespace characters.

import kotlin.test.*

fun main(args: Array<String>) {
//sampleStart
fun validateName(name: String): String {
    if (name.isBlank()) throw IllegalArgumentException("Name cannot be blank")
    return name
}

println(validateName("Adam")) // Adam
// validateName("") //  will fail
// validateName("  \t\n") //  will fail
//sampleEnd
}