Operator overloading

Kotlin has a predefined set of operators with fixed symbolic representation (such as +, and *) and fixed precedence. Most of the operators are translated directly into method calls; some are translated into more complex expressions. The following table contains a list of all the operators available in Kotlin:

Operator token

Corresponding method/expression

a + b

a.plus(b)

a - b

a.minus(b)

a * b

a.times(b)

a / b

a.div(b)

a % b

a.rem(b)

a..b

a.rangeTo(b)

a += b

a.plusAssign(b)

a -= b

a.minusAssign(b)

a *= b

a.timesAssign(b)

a /= b

a.divAssign(b)

a %= b

a.remAssign(b)

a++

a.inc()

a--

a.dec()

a in b

b.contains(a)

a !in b

!b.contains(a) ...

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