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authorAayush Ranaut <aayush.ranaut@gmail.com>2015-12-05 11:10:16 +0530
committerAayush Ranaut <aayush.ranaut@gmail.com>2015-12-05 11:10:16 +0530
commitdc675a47edaeced79e13bf99d120c195a38b9ecf (patch)
treee626142c07fa41695b959b606d4337929c9669ed /scala.html.markdown
parent0049a475edba88f6537b2490ca9506df23b46368 (diff)
parentc8475eacd742a1c8c6340121aa95f32f65421113 (diff)
Merged and removed confusing comments in python
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1 files changed, 28 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/scala.html.markdown b/scala.html.markdown
index c482752d..bc8cd422 100644
--- a/scala.html.markdown
+++ b/scala.html.markdown
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ contributors:
- ["Dominic Bou-Samra", "http://dbousamra.github.com"]
- ["Geoff Liu", "http://geoffliu.me"]
- ["Ha-Duong Nguyen", "http://reference-error.org"]
-filename: learn.scala
---
Scala - the scalable language
@@ -43,9 +42,13 @@ Scala - the scalable language
// Printing, and forcing a new line on the next print
println("Hello world!")
println(10)
+// Hello world!
+// 10
// Printing, without forcing a new line on next print
print("Hello world")
+print(10)
+// Hello world!10
// Declaring values is done using either var or val.
// val declarations are immutable, whereas vars are mutable. Immutability is
@@ -166,6 +169,12 @@ def sumOfSquaresShort(x: Int, y: Int): Int = x * x + y * y
// Syntax for calling functions is familiar:
sumOfSquares(3, 4) // => 25
+// You can use parameters names to specify them in different order
+def subtract(x: Int, y: Int): Int = x - y
+
+subtract(10, 3) // => 7
+subtract(y=10, x=3) // => -7
+
// In most cases (with recursive functions the most notable exception), function
// return type can be omitted, and the same type inference we saw with variables
// will work with function return values:
@@ -240,10 +249,11 @@ i // Show the value of i. Note that while is a loop in the classical sense -
// comprehensions above is easier to understand and parallelize
// A do while loop
+i = 0
do {
- println("x is still less than 10")
- x += 1
-} while (x < 10)
+ println("i is still less than 10")
+ i += 1
+} while (i < 10)
// Tail recursion is an idiomatic way of doing recurring things in Scala.
// Recursive functions need an explicit return type, the compiler can't infer it.
@@ -274,21 +284,21 @@ val text = if (x == 10) "yeah" else "nope"
/////////////////////////////////////////////////
val a = Array(1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13)
-a(0)
-a(3)
+a(0) // Int = 1
+a(3) // Int = 5
a(21) // Throws an exception
val m = Map("fork" -> "tenedor", "spoon" -> "cuchara", "knife" -> "cuchillo")
-m("fork")
-m("spoon")
+m("fork") // java.lang.String = tenedor
+m("spoon") // java.lang.String = cuchara
m("bottle") // Throws an exception
val safeM = m.withDefaultValue("no lo se")
-safeM("bottle")
+safeM("bottle") // java.lang.String = no lo se
val s = Set(1, 3, 7)
-s(0)
-s(1)
+s(0) // Boolean = false
+s(1) // Boolean = true
/* Look up the documentation of map here -
* http://www.scala-lang.org/api/current/index.html#scala.collection.immutable.Map
@@ -309,15 +319,16 @@ s(1)
// Why have this?
val divideInts = (x: Int, y: Int) => (x / y, x % y)
-divideInts(10, 3) // The function divideInts gives you the result and the remainder
+// The function divideInts gives you the result and the remainder
+divideInts(10, 3) // (Int, Int) = (3,1)
// To access the elements of a tuple, use _._n where n is the 1-based index of
// the element
-val d = divideInts(10, 3)
+val d = divideInts(10, 3) // (Int, Int) = (3,1)
-d._1
+d._1 // Int = 3
-d._2
+d._2 // Int = 1
/////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -562,8 +573,8 @@ sendGreetings("Jane") // => "Hello Jane, 100 blessings to you and yours!"
// Implicit function parameters enable us to simulate type classes in other
// functional languages. It is so often used that it gets its own shorthand. The
// following two lines mean the same thing:
-def foo[T](implicit c: C[T]) = ...
-def foo[T : C] = ...
+// def foo[T](implicit c: C[T]) = ...
+// def foo[T : C] = ...
// Another situation in which the compiler looks for an implicit is if you have