Kotlin Programming Cookbook

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We will be using the take function and its variants for limiting the items in the list.

take(n): Returns a list of the first n items:

fun main(args: Array<String>) {    val list= listOf(1,2,3,4,5)    val limitedList=list.take(3)    println(limitedList)}//Output: [1,2,3]

takeLast(n): Returns a list containing the last [n] elements:

fun main(args: Array<String>) {    val list= listOf(1,2,3,4,5)    val limitedList=list.takeLast(3)    println(limitedList)}//Output: [3,4,5]

takeWhile{ predicate }: Returns a list containing the first elements satisfying the given [predicate]:

val list= listOf(1,2,3,4,5)val limitedList=list.takeWhile { it<3 }println(limitedList)//Output: [1,2]

takeLastWhile{predicate}: Works a bit like takeWhile, except that it evaluates ...