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Convert a string to a any data type in kotlin
I am trying to create a generic function to convert any string to any data type.
For example
convert("23") => 23
convert("2022-06-29T180200") => LocalDateTime object
convert("hg") => "hg"

and throw an error if not possible.
This is the code used to do that without any error handling.
/**
* Convert a string to given class type or throw an error if it is not valid
*/
inline fun stringToTypeOrError(value: String): T {
val v: T = when (T::class) {
Int::class ->...