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@@ -276,6 +276,8 @@ r foreach println
// NB: Scala is quite lenient when it comes to dots and brackets - study the
// rules separately. This helps write DSLs and APIs that read like English
+// Why doesn't `println` need any parameters here?
+// Stay tuned for first-class functions in the Functional Programming section below!
(5 to 1 by -1) foreach (println)
// A while loop
@@ -299,7 +301,7 @@ do {
// Recursion is the idiomatic way of repeating an action in Scala (as in most
// other functional languages).
// Recursive functions need an explicit return type, the compiler can't infer it.
-// Here it's Unit.
+// Here it's Unit, which is analagous to a `void` return type in Java
def showNumbersInRange(a: Int, b: Int): Unit = {
print(a)
if (a < b)
@@ -412,8 +414,8 @@ class Dog(br: String) {
private def sleep(hours: Int) =
println(s"I'm sleeping for $hours hours")
- // Abstract methods are simply methods with no body. If we uncomment the next
- // line, class Dog would need to be declared abstract
+ // Abstract methods are simply methods with no body. If we uncomment the
+ // def line below, class Dog would need to be declared abstract like so:
// abstract class Dog(...) { ... }
// def chaseAfter(what: String): String
}
@@ -455,7 +457,7 @@ george.phoneNumber // => "1234"
Person("George", "1234") == Person("Kate", "1236") // => false
// Easy way to copy
-// otherGeorge == Person("george", "9876")
+// otherGeorge == Person("George", "9876")
val otherGeorge = george.copy(phoneNumber = "9876")
// And many others. Case classes also get pattern matching for free, see below.
@@ -523,7 +525,9 @@ def matchPerson(person: Person): String = person match {
case Person(name, number) => "We matched someone : " + name + ", phone : " + number
}
-val email = "(.*)@(.*)".r // Define a regex for the next example.
+// Regular expressions are also built in.
+// Create a regex with the `r` method on a string:
+val email = "(.*)@(.*)".r
// Pattern matching might look familiar to the switch statements in the C family
// of languages, but this is much more powerful. In Scala, you can match much
@@ -589,6 +593,8 @@ List("Dom", "Bob", "Natalia") foreach println
// Combinators
+// Using `s` from above:
+// val s = Set(1, 3, 7)
s.map(sq)
@@ -608,8 +614,8 @@ List(
).filter(_.age > 25) // List(Person("Bob", 30))
-// Scala a foreach method defined on certain collections that takes a type
-// returning Unit (a void method)
+// Certain collections (such as List) in Scala have a `foreach` method,
+// which takes as an argument a type returning Unit - that is, a void method
val aListOfNumbers = List(1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 20, 100)
aListOfNumbers foreach (x => println(x))
aListOfNumbers foreach println
@@ -710,7 +716,7 @@ import scala.collection.immutable.{Map => _, Set => _, _}
// Java classes can also be imported. Scala syntax can be used
import java.swing.{JFrame, JWindow}
-// Your programs entry point is defined in an scala file using an object, with a
+// Your programs entry point is defined in a scala file using an object, with a
// single method, main:
object Application {
def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {