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error

inline fun error(message: Any): Nothing

Throws an IllegalStateException with the given message.

import kotlin.test.*

fun main(args: Array<String>) {
//sampleStart
val name: String? = null

val exception = assertFailsWith<IllegalStateException> {
    val nonNullName = name ?: error("Name is missing")
}

println(exception.message) // Name is missing
//sampleEnd
}

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