is there a way to create a function to look like this ``` doSomething{ "a" "b" "c" } ``` and i...

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[mersan]

is there a way to create a function to look like this

doSomething{
  "a"
  "b"
  "c"
}

and i can read the input as an list or array of items?

[Mike]

perhaps fun doSomething(vararg values:String)

[Shawn]

assuming you really want a lambda/builder kinda deal, I think the closest you can get is defining operator fun unaryPlus on your builder object

[Jake]

vararg makes the parameter optionally an array of the defined type. Not to say that it's made optional. But you can include "s" or an arrayOf["s","e","c"...]

[Shawn]

that’d look like

doSomething {
  +"a"
  +"b"
  +"c"
}

[Shawn]

unless you really mean

doSomething(
    "a",
    "b",
    "c"
)

[mersan]

i was looking for a way the return or new line means a new item/input

[mersan]

vararg will need the input to be split with commas

[mersan]

Yes @Shawn I mean that if its possible

[Shawn]

that’s not really how Kotlin’s grammar works for the most part. There are some proposals for comma omission in certain contexts, but nothing’s been formally accepted or announced yet afaik

[mersan]

Ok thanks, ill give it another try if there is a work around this somehow

[Shawn]

a workaround? what are you even trying to do?

[edwinRNDR]

likely make a DSL without the noise of commas or + operators

[mersan]

I was trying to achieve a function you pass to all the dependencies in gradle as strings and it will convert them into dependencies

[Nikky]

seems like vararg Strings would be sensible there