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assert ['cat', 'dog', 'fish']*.length() == [3, 3, 4] Note that when mixing types in the collection if the method not exists on some of the elements, a groovy.lang.MissingMethodException could be thrown: ['cat', 'dog', 'fish',3]*.length() // it throws groovy.lang.MissingMethodException: No sign...

class Vector { double x double y } def points = [ new Vector(x: 10, y: -5), new Vector(x: -17.5, y: 3), new Vector(x: -3.3, y: -1) ] assert points*.x == [10, -17.5, -3.3] Note: The * is optional. We could also write the above statement as in the below line and Groov...

If there is a null object on the collection it not throws a NPE, it returns a null instead: assert ['cat', 'dog', 'fish', null]*.length() == [3, 3, 4, null] Using it directly in a null object it's also null-safe: def nullCollection = null assert nullCollection*.length() == null