Kotlin mutable & immutable variable – Val vs Var

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Kotlin mutable & immutable variable – Val vs Var

In the tutorial, JavaSampleApproach explains the differences between Kotlin Val vs Var.

1. Kotlin Val

val is used to declare a read-only variable. It likes final in Java.
So we can NOT re-assign a new value for val variable.

2. Kotlin Var

var is used to declare a mutable variable. So we can change value of var variables.

data class Customer(val id: Int, var name: String)

fun main(args : Array) {
    /*
     * I. Basic Datatype
     */
    var a = 5
    println("a = $a") // a = 5
    // can not re-assign a new value
    a = 6
    println("a = $a") // a = 6
    
    var str = "abc"
    println("str = $str") // str = abc
    // can not re-assign a new value
    str = "xyz"
    println("str = $str") // str = xyz
    
    /*
     * II. Object data model
     */
    var cust = Customer(1, "Jack")
    println("cust = $cust") // cust = Customer(id=1, name=Jack)
    // can not re-assign a new value
    cust = Customer(2, "Mary")
    println("cust = $cust") // cust = Customer(id=2, name=Mary)
}

3. Kotlin Val & Var with Object's Properties

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Kotlin mutable & immutable variable – Val vs Var