associateTo

import kotlin.math.*
import kotlin.test.*

fun main() { 
   //sampleStart 
   data class Person(val firstName: String, val lastName: String)

val scientists = listOf(Person("Grace", "Hopper"), Person("Jacob", "Bernoulli"), Person("Johann", "Bernoulli"))

val byLastName = mutableMapOf<String, String>()
println("byLastName.isEmpty() is ${byLastName.isEmpty()}") // true

scientists.associateTo(byLastName) { it.lastName to it.firstName }

println("byLastName.isNotEmpty() is ${byLastName.isNotEmpty()}") // true
// Jacob Bernoulli does not occur in the map because only the last pair with the same key gets added
println(byLastName) // {Hopper=Grace, Bernoulli=Johann} 
   //sampleEnd
}