MoreBasicKotlin.kt

// no pattern matching but there are when clauses that return values
fun int2Bool (i:Int): Boolean =
    when (i) {
        0 -> false
        else -> true
    }

fun bool2Int (b:Boolean): Int = // so you can put functions before or after use - not order dependent
        when (b) {
            true -> 1
            else -> 0
        }

//functions can appear before or after use

// date handling - use the java.time classes preferentially
fun dateParse(d:java.sql.Date?) =
        if (d != null) {
            "'" + (d.toLocalDate()).format(java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter.ISO_DATE) + "'"
//                "'" + (d.toLocalDate()).format(java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("d MMM yyyy")) + "'"
            } else { "null" }