Scope Functions: run()

Introducing run() with and without receiver, how its receiver version can be viewed as an anonymous extension function, how proper usage can clean up code and an example of improper usage.

Gabriel Shanahan
The Kotlin Primer
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4 min readOct 9, 2022

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Tags: #FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPT

This article is part of the Kotlin Primer, an opinionated guide to the Kotlin language, which is indented to help facilitate Kotlin adoption inside Java-centric organizations. It was originally written as an organizational learning resource for Etnetera a.s. and I would like to express my sincere gratitude for their support.

It is recommended to read the Introduction before moving on. Check out the Table of Contents for all articles.

Run

There are in fact two different versions of run defined in the standard library:

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