Kotlin Hello World

Chapter: Kotlin Last Updated: 11-11-2017 18:04:53 UTC

Program:

            /* ............... START ............... */
                
// Hello World Program

package hello

fun main(args : Array<String>) {

    println("Kotlin - Hello World ")

}
                /* ............... END ............... */
        

Output

Kotlin - Hello World

Notes:

• Kotlin is a statically-typed programming language that runs on the Java virtual machine and also can be compiled to
• JavaScript source code or use the LLVM compiler infrastructure.
• Popular Java IDE to run Kotlin is IntelliJ IDEA.
• Steps to set up new project in IntelliJ IDEA.
• Click Create New Project.
• In menu, select Koltin > Kotlin (JVM) and hit Next to work with Kotlin/Java.
• Give the name project select location and press finish button, then you are ready to run Kotlin programs.
• Like Java package header is optional.
• Main fuunction in Kotlin takes an Array of strings as a parameter.
• Println is used to print statement as like System.out.println in java
• In Kotlin Semicolons are optional, after println there is no semicolon.

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