diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/StringsJVM.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/StringsJVM.kt
index 471a7ec1772..7ccd4eea976 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/StringsJVM.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/StringsJVM.kt
@@ -332,6 +332,22 @@ public inline fun String.partition(predicate: (Char) -> Boolean): Pair<String, S
     return Pair(first.toString(), second.toString())
 }
 
+/**
+ *  Returns a new List containing the results of applying the given *transform* function to each character in this string
+ *
+ */
+public inline fun <R> String.map(transform: (Char) -> R): List<R> = mapTo(ArrayList<R>(), transform)
+
+/**
+ * Transforms each character of this string with the given *transform* function and
+ * adds each return value to the given *result* collection
+ *
+ */
+public inline fun <R, C: MutableCollection<in R>> String.mapTo(result: C, transform: (Char) -> R): C {
+    for (c in this) result.add(transform(c))
+    return result
+}
+
 /**
  * Returns the result of transforming each character to one or more values which are concatenated together into a single list
  *
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/test/StringJVMTest.kt b/libraries/stdlib/test/StringJVMTest.kt
index bc6c9e474b1..b4ba58b3103 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/test/StringJVMTest.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/test/StringJVMTest.kt
@@ -142,6 +142,38 @@ class StringJVMTest {
         assertEquals("abc", pair.second, "pair.second")
     }
 
+    test fun map() {
+        assertEquals(arrayListOf('a', 'b', 'c'), "abc".map({ it }))
+
+        assertEquals(arrayListOf(true, false, true), "AbC".map({ it.isUpperCase() }))
+
+        assertEquals(arrayListOf<Boolean>(), "".map({ it.isUpperCase() }))
+
+        assertEquals(arrayListOf(97, 98, 99), "abc".map({ it.toInt() }))
+    }
+
+    test fun mapTo() {
+        val result1 = arrayListOf<Char>()
+        val return1 = "abc".mapTo(result1, { it })
+        assertEquals(result1, return1)
+        assertEquals(arrayListOf('a', 'b', 'c'), result1)
+
+        val result2 = arrayListOf<Boolean>()
+        val return2 = "AbC".mapTo(result2, { it.isUpperCase() })
+        assertEquals(result2, return2)
+        assertEquals(arrayListOf(true, false, true), result2)
+
+        val result3 = arrayListOf<Boolean>()
+        val return3 = "".mapTo(result3, { it.isUpperCase() })
+        assertEquals(result3, return3)
+        assertEquals(arrayListOf<Boolean>(), result3)
+
+        val result4 = arrayListOf<Int>()
+        val return4 = "abc".mapTo(result4, { it.toInt() })
+        assertEquals(result4, return4)
+        assertEquals(arrayListOf(97, 98, 99), result4)
+    }
+
     test fun flatMap() {
         val data = "abcd"
         val result = data.flatMap { listOf(it) }