Are there any functions besides `print()` and `pri...

# getting-started

[Ellen Spertus]

Are there any functions besides print() and println() that can be called statically without a prior import?

[Robert Jaros]

All functions from the packages imported by default
https://kotlinlang.org/docs/packages.html#default-imports

[Ellen Spertus]

Ah, now I know where the basic types come from.

[Ellen Spertus]

I was hoping to find other functions of interest to very beginners, but they seem to be mostly extension functions, static factory methods, assertions, and more advanced things, like functions taking blocks.

[Ellen Spertus]

TIL about `TODO()`https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-t-o-d-o.html

[Stephan Schroeder]

to https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/to.html is used very early in one's Kotlin journey that's to map construction via mapOf https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin.collections/map-of.html

[Ellen Spertus]

Thanks, @Stephan Schroeder. I'm looking for functions to have people try on their very first day of coding. I think I'll just have them import kotlin.math.*