so can call it like: ``` fun getFoo(): Foo? { // ...

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[Ben Madore]

so can call it like:

fun getFoo(): Foo? {
// lookup logic for foo
  return foo?. someName { nullFunc = { <http://log.info|log.info>{"didn't find it"} }, nonNullFunc = { <http://log.info|log.info>{"Found $this"}} }
}

[Adam Powell]

seems like that would make things more complicated than not having it.

fun getFoo(): Foo? = foo.also { theFoo ->
  <http://log.info|log.info>(theFoo?.let { "Found $it" } ?: "didn't find it")
}

[Ben Madore]

that’s where i started 🙂 and then was curious if perhaps there was a slightly more general solution (execute A if foo null, else B, then return foo). realize that also with ?: can accomplish that.

[Ben Madore]

also, your example doesn’t work exactly as written as also is only defined on a non-null receiver

[Ben Madore]

my original was:

return foo
                ?.also { <http://log.info|log.info> { "Retrieved $it" } }
                ?: null.also { <http://log.info|log.info> { "Foo not found" } }

the null.also was the main bit i really didn’t like, though, it appears to actually WORK

[Ben Madore]

actually nm, yours works just fine

[Viktor Penelski]

alternatively a simple if can also be used within the initial .also

fun getFoo(): Foo? = lookupFoo().also {
    if (foo != null) <http://log.info|log.info>("found $it!")
    else <http://log.info|log.info>("didn't find it")
}