reduce

Common

JVM

Native

1.0

inline fun CharSequence.reduce(
    operation: (acc: Char, Char) -> Char
): Char

Accumulates value starting with the first character and applying operation from left to right to current accumulator value and each character.

import kotlin.test.*

fun main(args: Array<String>) {
//sampleStart
val strings = listOf("a", "b", "c", "d")
println(strings.reduce { acc, string -> acc + string }) // abcd
println(strings.reduceIndexed { index, acc, string -> acc + string + index }) // ab1c2d3

// emptyList<Int>().reduce { _, _ -> 0 } //  will fail
//sampleEnd
}