Like if, when can also be used as an expression:
val greeting = when (x) {
"English" -> "How are you?"
"German" -> "Wie geht es dir?"
else -> "I don't know that language yet :("
}
print(greeting)
To be used as an expression, the when-statement must be exhaustive, i.e. either have an else branch or cover all possibilities with the branches in another way.