How to implement map function on Kotlin's Stateflow?

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To implement the map function on Kotlin's StateFlow, you can use the map operator provided by the kotlinx.coroutines.flow package. Here is an example:

import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.map
import kotlinx.coroutines.flow.StateFlow

val inputStateFlow: StateFlow<Int> = ...

val outputStateFlow: StateFlow<String> = inputStateFlow.map { input ->
    // transform input into a string
    input.toString()
}

In this example, inputStateFlow is an existing StateFlow<Int>. We create a new outputStateFlow that maps each integer value emitted by inputStateFlow into a string using the provided lambda expression.

The map operator returns a new StateFlow that emits the transformed values. outputStateFlow will emit the same number of items as inputStateFlow, but each item will be a string.

Note that the state of outputStateFlow is not stored internally. It is recomputed each time the state of inputStateFlow changes.