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Hi! I am having logic similar to posted below. Is there any way to do it better?
```var a: Int? = null
try {
    a = doSthToGetA()
    useA(a)
} catch(ex: AnyExc) {
    doSthWithA(a)
}```

What can throw the exception, `doSthToGetA()`, `useA(a)` or both?
And does `doSthWithA(a)` expect a nullable type?
Do you care about the exception thrown or you just want to know whether an exception was thrown or not?

Good questions, both can throw, and I don't care if `a` is null in `catch` block

I don't think there is a better way to write that code.
At first I thought about using `runCatching` but it doesn't make thinks better.
```var a: Int? = null
runCatching { a = doSthToGetA().also(::useA) }.onFailure { doSthWithA(a) }```
This could be an alternative, however in this case `a` is only assigned if `doSthToGetA` and `useA` *don't* throw an exception.