Is there a way to initialize a list x times with the value of y?
Thus instead of:
mutableListOf(0, 0, 0, 0)
something like:
makeMutableList(4, 0)
Yes, just like this:
MutableList(4) { 0 }
This calls the factory function MutableList which takes a size and a lambda, passing to the lambda the index and setting the appropriate element to the result of the lambda. Thus, to create the list [1, 2, 3, 4] you can do this:
MutableList(4) { it + 1 }
If you don't need a mutable list, there is also a List factory function.
When running on the JVM, both List and MutableList functions create a java.util.ArrayList, though you shouldn't rely on the exact type.