Dart Fat Arrow => or ShortHand or Arrow Function

Dart Fat Arrow => or ShortHand or Arrow Function

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Arrow Function

  • Dart has a special syntax for the function body, which is only one line. The arrow function is represented by \=> symbol. It is a shorthand syntax for any function that has only one expression.

Syntax

returnType functionName(parameters...) => expression;
  • By using fat arrow => the curly brackets needs to be removed. Otherwise, the code editor will show you an error.

  • If a function has a return type then by using a Fat arrow it is required to remove the return keyword.

ShortHand

  • Short hand expression is used to define a single expression in a function.

  • it is not used to multiple expression in a function.