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Collections - useful methods

Scala collections come with a rich set of built-in methods; a few of the most useful ones are shown on the left.

  • All of these methods return a new value and leave the original collection unchanged
  • Most of them are available on all collection types (Lists, Arrays, Sets, Maps, etc.), not just Lists
  • Try changing the code on the left and running it to explore them
val list = List(5, 1, 4, 2, 3)

//size and content checks
list.size
list.isEmpty
list.contains(4)
list.exists(_ > 4)

//accessing parts of a collection
list.head
list.last
list.take(2)
list.drop(2)

//sorting and ordering
list.sorted
list.reverse
list.sortBy(x => -x)

//aggregations
list.sum
list.max
list.min
list.mkString(", ")

//transformations
list.map(_ * 2)
list.filter(_ > 2)
list.groupBy(_ % 2)
List(1, 1, 2, 3, 3).distinct

Contents

Scala basics

  1. Overview
  2. Scalculator
  3. Operators are methods
  4. Variables
  5. Final variables
  6. Printing values
  7. String interpolation
  8. String formatting
  9. Useful operations
  10. Method definition
  11. Method definition 2
  12. Method definition 3
  13. Anonymous functions
  14. Anonymous functions 2
  15. Return multiple values
  16. Declare multiple variables
  17. Assign multiple variables
  18. Loops using while
  19. Loops using for
  20. Loops without loops
  21. If
  22. Match as a switch
  23. Arrays
  24. Lists
  25. Sets
  26. Maps
  27. Mutable collections
  28. Collections: accessing elements
  29. Collections: concatenation
  30. Mutable collection operations
  31. Immutable collections with var
  32. Collections: useful methods
  33. Classes
  34. Classes, continued

What's new in Scala 3

  1. Scala 3: what changed
  2. Optional braces & new control syntax
  3. Top-level definitions & @main
  4. Enums & ADTs
  5. Extension methods
  6. given & using
  7. Union & intersection types
  8. Smaller niceties