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Operators are methods

In Scala, primitives are represented as objects. (Although after compilation they use Java’s primitives when possible for performance.)

Since they are objects, operators are simply method calls!

So 1 + 2 is simply calling a method named + on the object 1 (an Int literal)

e.g.

1 + 2 is actually: (1).+(2)

Scala has precedence for operator-like methods (that will be discussed later) to support correct arithmetic operations.

This notation is called “operator notation” or “infix notation” and is not limited just to arithmetic operations, but this will be explained later.

See also

(1).+(2)

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