kotlin-stdlib/kotlin.sequences/reduceOrNull

reduceOrNull

inline fun <S, T : S> Sequence<T>.reduceOrNull(operation: (acc: S, T) -> S): S?(source)

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

Returns null if the sequence is empty.

Since Kotlin

1.4

Parameters

operation

function that takes current accumulator value and an element, and calculates the next accumulator value.

The operation is terminal.

Samples

import kotlin.test.*

fun main() { 
   //sampleStart 
   val strings = listOf("a", "b", "c", "d")
println(strings.reduceOrNull { acc, string -> acc + string }) // abcd
println(strings.reduceIndexedOrNull { index, acc, string -> acc + string + index }) // ab1c2d3

println(emptyList<String>().reduceOrNull { _, _ -> "" }) // null 
   //sampleEnd
}