Scala Examples

Pattern Matching on Seq

def f(ints: Seq[Int]): String = ints match {
  case Seq() =>
      "The Seq is empty !"
  case Seq(first) =>
      s"The seq has exactly one element : $first"
  case Seq(first, second) =>
      s"The seq has exactly two elements : $first, $second"
  case  s @ Seq(_, _, _) => 
      s"s is a Seq of length three and looks like ${s}"  // Note individual elements are not bound to their own names.
  case s: Seq[Int] if s.length == 4 =>
      s"s is a Seq of Ints of exactly length 4"  // Again, individual elements are not bound to their own names.
  case _ =>
      "No match was found!"
}

def f(ints: Seq[Int]): String = ints match {
  case Seq(first, second, tail @ _*) =>
      s"The seq has at least two elements : $first, $second. The rest of the Seq is $tail"
  case Seq(first, tail @ _*) =>
      s"The seq has at least one element : $first. The rest of the Seq is $tail"
  // alternative syntax
  // here of course this one will never match since it checks
  // for the same thing as the one above
  case first +: tail =>
      s"The seq has at least one element : $first. The rest of the Seq is $tail"
  case _ =>
      "The seq didn't match any of the above, so it must be empty"
}

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