dropWhile

Common
JVM
JS
Native
1.0
fun < T > Sequence < T > . dropWhile (
predicate : ( T ) -> Boolean
) : Sequence < T >

(source)

Returns a sequence containing all elements except first elements that satisfy the given predicate .

The operation is intermediate and stateless .

import kotlin.test.*

fun main(args: Array<String>) {
//sampleStart
val chars = ('a'..'z').toList()
println(chars.drop(23)) // [x, y, z]
println(chars.dropLast(23)) // [a, b, c]
println(chars.dropWhile { it < 'x' }) // [x, y, z]
println(chars.dropLastWhile { it > 'c' }) // [a, b, c]
//sampleEnd
}