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Indexed Access Operator and Augmented Assignments

Explore how Kotlin supports indexed access using both bracket notation and get/set methods interchangeably to work with collections efficiently. Understand augmented assignments like += to simplify updating variable values and modifying mutable objects, improving your code's readability and functionality.

The indexed access operator

In programming, there are two popular conventions for getting or setting elements in collections.

  • The first uses [] brackets

  • The second uses the get and set methods

In Java, we use the first convention for arrays and the second one for other kinds of ...