A return value—as the name implies—is the value that a method returns. Functions in Kotlin can return values upon execution. The type of the value returned by a function is defined by the function's return type. This is demonstrated in the following code snippet:
fun returnFullName(firstName: String, surname: String): String { return "${firstName} ${surname}"}fun main(args: Array<String>) { val fullName: String = returnFullName("James", "Cameron") println(fullName) // prints: James Cameron}
In the preceding code, the returnFullName function takes two distinct strings as its input parameters and returns a string value when called. The return type has been defined in the function header. The string returned is created via string ...
