Increase value in mutable map

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I created a mutableMap<String, Int> and created a record "Example" to 0. How can I increase value, f.e. to 0 + 3 ?

kotlin
4 Answers

You could use the getOrDefault function to get the old value or 0, add the new value and assign it back to the map.

val map = mutableMapOf<String,Int>()
map["Example"] = map.getOrDefault("Example", 0) + 3

Or use the merge function from the standard Map interface.

val map = mutableMapOf<String,Int>()
map.merge("Example", 3) {
    old, value -> old + value
}

Or more compact:

map.merge("Example",3, Int::plus)
user_91644710

How I do it:

val map = mutableMapOf<String, Int>()

map[key] = (map[key] ?: 0) + 1
user_49199720

You can use getOrDefault if API level is greater than 23. Otherwise you can use elvis operator

val map = mutableMapOf<String,Int>()
val value = map["Example"] ?: 0
map["Example"] = value + 3
user_52585850

You can define

fun <T> MutableMap<T, Int>.inc(key: T, more: Int = 1) = merge(key, more, Int::plus)

So you can so something like

map.inc("Example",3)
map.inc("Example")
otherMap.inc(otherObject)
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