emptyArray

Returns an empty array of the specified type T.

expect fun <T> emptyArray(): Array<T>(source)
val emptyStrings: Array<String> = emptyArray()
println("Size: ${emptyStrings.size}")          // 0

// Adding elements to a new array
val greetings = arrayOf("Hello", "Hi", "Hey")
val combined = greetings + emptyStrings        // same as greetings

println("Combined size: ${combined.size}")     // 3

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