Kotlin – Using ?. and ?.let {} to Avoid Null Checks

Yatin B.Yatin B.
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Date: 2025-04-18

Kotlin's null safety features, like the safe call operator (?.) and the let function, prevent NullPointerExceptions. ?. safely accesses properties of nullable objects, returning null if the object is null. The let function executes a code block only if the object is not null. Combining these with the Elvis operator (?:) provides concise null handling. This results in cleaner, more readable, and less error-prone code.

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