```listOf("banana").map { it to 42 }.toMap()``` is...

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[LastExceed]

listOf("banana").map { it to 42 }.toMap()

is there an easier way to do this ?
basically i want to turn a list into a map by providing a lambda that associates each element from the list with a value to form a key-value pair

[Shawn]

look into the associate* family of functions

[Chantry Cargill]

listOf("banana").associate { it to 42 }

[Shawn]

https://www.baeldung.com/kotlin-list-to-map

[Shawn]

in this specific instance you’ll want associateWith { 42 }

[LastExceed]

thanks

[Shawn]

docs reference https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin.sequences/

[Dominaezzz]

Or mapOf("banana" to 42) 😛