How do I initialize Kotlin's MutableList to empty MutableList?

Question

Seems so simple, but, how do I initialize Kotlin\'s MutableList to empty MutableList?

I could hack it this way, but I\'m sure there is some

Answer 1

I do like below to :

var book: MutableList = mutableListOf()

/** Returns a new [MutableList] with the given elements. */

public fun  mutableListOf(vararg elements: T): MutableList
    = if (elements.size == 0) ArrayList() else ArrayList(ArrayAsCollection(elements, isVarargs = true))