Installing Kotlin in command line mode

Download kotlin from below location. At the time of writing this article, 1.1.4 is the latest version.

https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin/releases/tag/v1.1.4

Unzip the downloaded zip file, and add the bin directory to system path.

Open new command prompt and type ‘kotlinc’ command.

C:\>kotlinc
Welcome to Kotlin version 1.1.4 (JRE 1.8.0_102-b14)
Type :help for help, :quit for quit
>>>

As you see above output, it shows the kotlin version and underlying jre version.

Type the command ‘:help’ to list available commands.

C:\>kotlinc
Welcome to Kotlin version 1.1.4 (JRE 1.8.0_102-b14)
Type :help for help, :quit for quit
>>>

You can evaluate expressions in Kotlin prompt.

>>> var a =10
>>> var b = 20
>>> a + b
30
>>> a-b
-10
>>> a*b
200
>>> a/b
0
>>> println(a)
10
>>> println("value of b : " + b)
value of b : 20

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