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Solution: Cancellation of a Job

Explore how to manage coroutine lifecycle by implementing job cancellation in Kotlin. Learn to create jobs, handle exceptions, and properly cancel coroutines with clear code explanations for effective coroutine management.

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Solution

suspend fun main(): Unit = coroutineScope {
   val job = Job()
   launch(job) {
       try {
           repeat(1_000) { i ->
               delay(200)
               println("i = $i")
           }
       } catch (e: CancellationException) {
           println(e)
           throw e
       }
   }
   delay(1500)
   job.cancelAndJoin()
   println("Canceled successfully")
}
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