Might there be a standard lib function that let's ...

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[Daniel]

Might there be a standard lib function that let's me mix two lists?

listOf("a", "b", "c") + listOf("d", "e") = listOf("a", "d", "b", "e", c")

[Egor Trutenko]

Aye, use this: https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin.collections/union.html
However, it returns Set, so you may lose similar elements

[Daniel]

Hmhm, I get abcde with this, seems there is no mixing. But thank you for your reply anyway!

[nkiesel]

fun <T> merge(a: List<T>, b: List<T>): List<T> { var merged = a.zip(b).flatMap { it.toList() }; return merged + a.drop(merged.size / 2) + b.drop(merged.size / 2) }