Swift 'if let' statement equivalent in Kotlin

Question

In Kotlin is there an equivalent to the Swift code below?

if let a = b.val {

} else {

}

Answer 1

Here's my variant, limited to the very common "if not null" case.

First of all, define this somewhere:

inline fun  ifNotNull(obj: T?, block: (T) -> Unit) {
    if (obj != null) {
        block(obj)
    }
}

It should probably be internal, to avoid conflicts.

Now, convert this Swift code:

if let item = obj.item {
    doSomething(item)
}

To this Kotlin code:

ifNotNull(obj.item) { item -> 
    doSomething(item)
}

Note that as always with blocks in Kotlin, you can drop the argument and use it:

ifNotNull(obj.item) {
    doSomething(it)
}

But if the block is more than 1-2 lines, it's probably best to be explicit.

This is as similar to Swift as I could find.