Programming in Kotlin: Fundamentals

Aug 9 2022 · Kotlin 1.6, Android 12, IntelliJ IDEA CE 2022.1.3

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17. Challenge: Use When Expressions

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In this challenge, you’re going to fortify your knowledge of when expresions.

Challenge:

Use a when expression to return a `String` that tells which century an arbitrary year is from.

Cover at least the last three centuries, and return “This was looong ago!” for others.

Then print out the returned value. 

Hint: Use Ranges for year comparison.
val year = 1984
when (year) {

}
when (year) {
  in 2000..2022 -> "21st century!"
  in 1900..1999 -> "20th century!"
  in 1800..1899 -> "19th century!"
  else -> "This was looong ago!"
}
val message = when (year) {
  in 2000..2022 -> "21st century!"
  in 1900..1999 -> "20th century!"
  in 1800..1899 -> "19th century!"
  else -> "This was looong ago!"
}
println(message)