Answer 1

Yeah ofc, if you don't initalize it intellij won't even allow you to run through

Also you can check it, you would get `blah` Is not initalized

maybe if you have java background you may have confusion like
```java
public String bruh
```
why this isn't possible in kotlin then well

```kt
lateint var bruh: String
```
which will answer your question
Koorosh Nobakhtfar

Answer 2

Koorosh Nobakhtfar , i hope i understand you right. you can do like

val x = 1
...

or you can do like this:

val x1:Int = 1