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Quick question.. I am new to Kotlin and I am wondering can anyone tell me the use of the componentN function in data classes? For example

   `data class Person(val firstName: String ="Demetrious", val lastName:String = "Robinson")`
   ` val person1 = Person()`
    `println(person1.component1()) // "Demetrious"`

I don't see the use of that as it only returns the value  and not the property name. Wouldn't it be simpler to just write
`println(person1.firstName)`

They’re used for destructuring. <https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/multi-declarations.html>

Oh okay. Makes sense.  thank you <@UD17D4K8W>

I suppose they can also be used for any tools that might scan classes for reflection