```$ foo orNull lt not used gt ``` or ```$ foo getOrElse lt kotlinlang #getting-started

```${foo.orNull ?: "<not_used>"}``` or ```${...

Vampire

08/03/2023, 4:54 PM

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${foo.orNull ?: "<not_used>"}

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${foo.getOrElse("<not_used>")}

opinions please? :-)

Pablichjenkov

08/03/2023, 5:09 PM

.getOrElse

Although I prefer leaving getOrElse to execute a block of code

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.getOrElse { 
    logError()
    "defaultVal"
}

And to return a value something like

.getOrDefaultTo(default)