How can I create an array of objects in Kotlin without initialization and a specific number of elements?

Question

I want to create an Array of objects with a specific number of elements in Kotlin, the problem is I don't now the current values for initialization of every object in the declaration, I tried:

var miArreglo = Array<Medico>(20, {null}) 

in Java, I have this and is exactly what I want, but i need it in Kotlin. :

Medico[] medicos = new Medico[20];  for(int i = 0 ; i < medicos.length; i++){     medicos[i] = new Medico();  } 

What would be the Kotlink equivalent of the above Java code?

Also, I tried with:

var misDoctores = arrayOfNulls<medic>(20)  for(i in misDoctores ){     i = medic() } 

But I Android Studio show me the message: "Val cannot be reassigned"

Answer 1

The Kotlin equivalent of that could would be this:

val miArreglo = Array(20) { Medico() } 

But I would strongly advice you to using Lists in Kotlin because they are way more flexible. In your case the List would not need to be mutable and thus I would advice something like this:

val miArreglo = List(20) { Medico() } 

The two snippets above can be easily explained. The first parameter is obviously the Array or List size as in Java and the second is a lambda function, which is the init { ... } function. The init { ... } function can consist of some kind of operation and the last value will always be the return type and the returned value, i.e. in this case a Medico object.

I also chose to use a val instead of a var because List's and Array's should not be reassigned. If you want to edit your List, please use a MutableList instead.

val miArreglo = MutableList(20) { Medico() } 

You can edit this list then, e.g.:

miArreglo.add(Medico())