Kotlin Programmer

Reading data from user in Kotlin So far, we have seen how to declare variables and print variables back to user but how do we get input from users? Kotlin has readline() function which returns a line from standard input stream. readLine() returns String which can be converted to other types as required. Let us look at readLine() function by taking some examples: // Code: val msg = readLine() println("Your msg = $msg")   // Output: Hi Your msg = Hi Here, we ask user to enter a message and then promptly display back the same message. Getting integer or other data types from readLine() method The output returned by readLine() function is String and can be converted to other types. We will learn more about type conversion in our section on data types and conversion. In the meanwhile, here's how you can convert String returned by readLine() to an Integer. // Code: println("Enter number 1: ") val x = readLine()!!.toInt() ...