What would be an idiomatic way of only adding an item to a map if it's not null? ``` val item1: Str...

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[Matheus]

What would be an idiomatic way of only adding an item to a map if it's not null?

val item1: String = ""
val item2: String? = getItem2()

val map = mapOf(1 to item1, 2 to item2) //only if item2 is not null

[Dominaezzz]

For that exact use case. val map = if (item2 != null) mapOf(1 to item1, 2 to item2) else mapOf(1 to item1).

[Dominaezzz]

For anything more complex, I'd use mapOf then filter the nulls out. If there are possible key conflicts, then a MutableMap instead.

[Matheus]

something like this?

mapOf(1 to item1, 2 to item2)
   .filter {it.value != null}
   .map{ Pair(it.key, it.value!!)}

[Dominaezzz]

Yeah or

map.filterValues { it != null }
    .mapValues { it.value!! }

.

[Artem Golovko]

You can use like this

fun main() {
  val allItems = listOf(
      "",
      getItem2()
  )

  val map = allItems.filterNotNull().mapIndexed { index, el -> index to el }
}

fun getItem2(): String? {
  val rnd = Random.nextInt()
  if (rnd % 2 == 0) {
    return "Not null string"
  }
  return null
}

[Matheus]

Nice! Thanks, guys! @Artem Golovko @Dominaezzz