```class MyObject(private val a: Int, private val b: Double) { constructor(str: String) : this(pars...

# announcements

[Andrew]

class MyObject(private val a: Int, private val b: Double) {
	constructor(str: String) : this(parse(str))
	companion object {
		private fun parse(str: String): ???
	}
}

Is there anything that would allow this to work? Currently I have to create 2 parse functions, one to get the first and another for the second value I need.

[Nir]

A better option here is to get rid of the secondary constructor completely

[Nir]

And just have a free function instead

[Nir]

If you really want it to be invoked like a constructor then you could write it as an operator invoke of the companion object

[Nir]

Basically change parse to operator invoke and have it return MyObject

[ephemient]

you can also name a function the same as the object, e.g. fun MyObject(...). this is what stdlib does for List() and a few others

[Andrew]

I never tried this but it looks like I can omit the primary constructor and just have 2 that do exactly what I need