```val alsoEmpty = listOf<String>() alsoEmpty.add("funny face") error: unresolved reference: ...

# getting-started

[Keith]

val alsoEmpty = listOf<String>()

alsoEmpty.add("funny face")
error: unresolved reference: add
alsoEmpty.add("funny face")

[Augusto Pinto]

You can initialize it as mutableListOf

val alsoEmpty = mutableListOf<String>()

[Keith]

Hey, thanks.

[ilya.gorbunov]

Have a look at collections doc section https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/collections-overview.html

[Keith]

Will do.