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 @Casey Brooks

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