Snippet | List to String | Join operation & advance use-cases 🤖

android Aug 23, 2020

Small snippets on how you can transform list to a string.

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List to string conversion is very useful in competitive programming these days, here I showcase joinToString() function and various operation that can be performed with it. Now then 👁️ on the code 💻👇

List to String?

Convert a list to string using join function.

//list input

val venomQuote = listOf("Eyes", "Lungs", "Pancreas", "So", "many","snacks","so","little","time")

// join list elements into one string?

venomQuote.joinToString()

// output : Eyes, Lungs, Pancreas, So, many, snacks, so, little, time
kotlin | join to string

List to String with Separator?

How to provide custom gluing symbol instead of  ,.

//list input

val venomQuote = listOf("Eyes", "Lungs", "Pancreas", "So", "many","snacks","so","little","time")

// join list elements into one string using a different separator?

venomQuote.joinToString(
	separator = " " // define custom seperator
)

// output : Eyes Lungs Pancreas So many snacks so little time
kotlin | join to string separator

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List to String with Start and End symbol ?

How to add start (prefix) and end (suffix) to the string. Prefix and Suffix will not be affected by separator or any transformation(discussed later) performed while undergoing the operation.

//list input

val venomQuote = listOf("Eyes", "Lungs", "Pancreas", "So", "many","snacks","so","little","time")

// join list elements into one string with a start and end string?

venomQuote.joinToString(
	separator = " ",
    	prefix = "`", // define start symbol 
        postfix = "` - Venom" // define end symbol
)

// output : `Eyes Lungs Pancreas So many snacks so little time` - Venom
kotlin | join to string prefix suffix

List to String with truncating after certain limit ?

I want to show ... if text is very long.

//list input

val venomQuote = listOf("Eyes", "Lungs", "Pancreas", "So", "many","snacks","so","little","time")

// join list elements into one string with truncating after a limit?

venomQuote.joinToString(
	separator = " ",
    	prefix = "`",
        postfix = "` - Venom",
        limit = 6 // define truncate limit (inclusive)
)

// output : `Eyes Lungs Pancreas So many snacks ...` - Venom
kotlin | join to string truncate

List to String with custom truncate symbol ?

Can I provide anything else than ...?

//list input

val venomQuote = listOf("Eyes", "Lungs", "Pancreas", "So", "many","snacks","so","little","time")

// join list elements into one string and truncating with different symbol?

venomQuote.joinToString(
    separator = " ",
    prefix = "`",
    postfix = "` - Venom",
    limit = 6,
    truncated = "!" // define truncate symbol
)

//  output : `Eyes Lungs Pancreas So many snacks !` - Venom
kotlin | join to string truncate modifier

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List to String with some transformation per step ?

How to perform action/transformation per string concatenation..

//list input

val venomQuote = listOf("Eyes", "Lungs", "Pancreas", "So", "many","snacks","so","little","time")

// join list elements into one string and perform some action on each while merging?

venomQuote.joinToString(
    separator = " ",
    prefix = "`",
    postfix = "` - Venom",
    limit = 6,
    truncated = "!"){ "☠️ $it ☠️" // do stuff...}
    
// output : `☠️ Eyes ☠️ ☠️ Lungs ☠️ ☠️ Pancreas ☠️ ☠️ So ☠️ ☠️ many ☠️ ☠️ snacks ☠️ !` - Venom
kotlin | join to string transformations

That's all fokes! , these are the basic operations that can be performed on the join function and are always handy to know! see ya in next snippet 💻 Happy Hacking!


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P.S Oh.. before I forget! List is supported only because its Iterable, discover more about it on official docs :

joinToString - Kotlin Programming Language



Chetan gupta

Hi there! call me Ch8n, I'm a mobile technology enthusiast! love Android #kotlinAlltheWay, CodingMantra: #cleanCoder #TDD #SOLID #designpatterns

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