Iterator

trait Iterator[+A] extends IterableOnce[A] with IterableOnceOps[A, [A] =>> Iterator[A], Iterator[A]]

Iterators are data structures that allow to iterate over a sequence of elements. They have a hasNext method for checking if there is a next element available, and a next method which returns the next element and advances the iterator.

An iterator is mutable: most operations on it change its state. While it is often used to iterate through the elements of a collection, it can also be used without being backed by any collection (see constructors on the companion object).

It is of particular importance to note that, unless stated otherwise, one should never use an iterator after calling a method on it. The two most important exceptions are also the sole abstract methods: next and hasNext.

Both these methods can be called any number of times without having to discard the iterator. Note that even hasNext may cause mutation -- such as when iterating from an input stream, where it will block until the stream is closed or some input becomes available.

Consider this example for safe and unsafe use:

def f[A](it: Iterator[A]) = {
 if (it.hasNext) {            // Safe to reuse "it" after "hasNext"
   it.next()                  // Safe to reuse "it" after "next"
   val remainder = it.drop(2) // it is *not* safe to use "it" again after this line!
   remainder.take(2)          // it is *not* safe to use "remainder" after this line!
 } else it
}
Companion:
object
Source:
Iterator.scala
trait IterableOnceOps[A, [A] =>> Iterator[A], Iterator[A]]
class Object
trait Matchable
class Any

Type members

Classlikes

class GroupedIterator[B >: A](self: Iterator[B], size: Int, step: Int) extends AbstractIterator[Seq[B]]

A flexible iterator for transforming an Iterator[A] into an Iterator[Seq[A]], with configurable sequence size, step, and strategy for dealing with elements which don't fit evenly.

A flexible iterator for transforming an Iterator[A] into an Iterator[Seq[A]], with configurable sequence size, step, and strategy for dealing with elements which don't fit evenly.

Typical uses can be achieved via methods grouped and sliding.

Source:
Iterator.scala

Value members

Abstract methods

Check if there is a next element available.

Check if there is a next element available.

Returns:

true if there is a next element, false otherwise

Note:

Reuse: The iterator remains valid for further use whatever result is returned.

Source:
Iterator.scala
@throws(scala.throws.$lessinit$greater$default$1[scala.NoSuchElementException])
def next(): A

Return the next element and advance the iterator.

Return the next element and advance the iterator.

Returns:

the next element.

Throws:
NoSuchElementException

if there is no next element.

Note:

Reuse: Advances the iterator, which may exhaust the elements. It is valid to make additional calls on the iterator.

Source:
Iterator.scala

Concrete methods

final def ++[B >: A](xs: => IterableOnce[B]): Iterator[B]

Creates a buffered iterator from this iterator.

Creates a buffered iterator from this iterator.

Returns:

a buffered iterator producing the same values as this iterator.

See also:
Note:

Reuse: After calling this method, one should discard the iterator it was called on, and use only the iterator that was returned. Using the old iterator is undefined, subject to change, and may result in changes to the new iterator as well.

Source:
Iterator.scala
def concat[B >: A](xs: => IterableOnce[B]): Iterator[B]
def contains(elem: Any): Boolean

Tests whether this iterator contains a given value as an element.

Tests whether this iterator contains a given value as an element.

Note: may not terminate for infinite iterators.

Value parameters:
elem

the element to test.

Returns:

true if this iterator produces some value that is is equal (as determined by ==) to elem, false otherwise.

Note:

Reuse: After calling this method, one should discard the iterator it was called on. Using it is undefined and subject to change.

Source:
Iterator.scala

Builds a new iterator from this one without any duplicated elements on it.

Builds a new iterator from this one without any duplicated elements on it.

Returns:

iterator with distinct elements

Note:

Reuse: After calling this method, one should discard the iterator it was called on. Using it is undefined and subject to change.

Source:
Iterator.scala
def distinctBy[B](f: A => B): Iterator[A]

Builds a new iterator from this one without any duplicated elements as determined by == after applying the transforming function f.

Builds a new iterator from this one without any duplicated elements as determined by == after applying the transforming function f.

Type parameters:
B

the type of the elements after being transformed by f

Value parameters:
f

The transforming function whose result is used to determine the uniqueness of each element

Returns:

iterator with distinct elements

Note:

Reuse: After calling this method, one should discard the iterator it was called on. Using it is undefined and subject to change.

Source:
Iterator.scala
def drop(n: Int): Iterator[A]

Creates two new iterators that both iterate over the same elements as this iterator (in the same order).

Creates two new iterators that both iterate over the same elements as this iterator (in the same order). The duplicate iterators are considered equal if they are positioned at the same element.

Given that most methods on iterators will make the original iterator unfit for further use, this methods provides a reliable way of calling multiple such methods on an iterator.

Returns:

a pair of iterators

Note:

The implementation may allocate temporary storage for elements iterated by one iterator but not yet by the other.

Reuse: After calling this method, one should discard the iterator it was called on, and use only the iterators that were returned. Using the old iterator is undefined, subject to change, and may result in changes to the new iterators as well.

Source:
Iterator.scala
def flatMap[B](f: A => IterableOnce[B]): Iterator[B]
def flatten[B](implicit ev: A => IterableOnce[B]): Iterator[B]
def grouped[B >: A](size: Int): GroupedIterator[B]

Returns an iterator which groups this iterator into fixed size blocks.

Returns an iterator which groups this iterator into fixed size blocks. Example usages:

// Returns List(List(1, 2, 3), List(4, 5, 6), List(7)))
(1 to 7).iterator.grouped(3).toList
// Returns List(List(1, 2, 3), List(4, 5, 6))
(1 to 7).iterator.grouped(3).withPartial(false).toList
// Returns List(List(1, 2, 3), List(4, 5, 6), List(7, 20, 25)
// Illustrating that withPadding's argument is by-name.
val it2 = Iterator.iterate(20)(_ + 5)
(1 to 7).iterator.grouped(3).withPadding(it2.next).toList
Note:

Reuse: After calling this method, one should discard the iterator it was called on, and use only the iterator that was returned. Using the old iterator is undefined, subject to change, and may result in changes to the new iterator as well.

Source:
Iterator.scala
def indexOf[B >: A](elem: B): Int

Returns the index of the first occurrence of the specified object in this iterable object.

Returns the index of the first occurrence of the specified object in this iterable object.

Note: may not terminate for infinite iterators.

Value parameters:
elem

element to search for.

Returns:

the index of the first occurrence of elem in the values produced by this iterator, or -1 if such an element does not exist until the end of the iterator is reached.

Note:

Reuse: After calling this method, one should discard the iterator it was called on. Using it is undefined and subject to change.

Source:
Iterator.scala
def indexOf[B >: A](elem: B, from: Int): Int

Returns the index of the first occurrence of the specified object in this iterable object after or at some start index.

Returns the index of the first occurrence of the specified object in this iterable object after or at some start index.

Note: may not terminate for infinite iterators.

Value parameters:
elem

element to search for.

from

the start index

Returns:

the index >= from of the first occurrence of elem in the values produced by this iterator, or -1 if such an element does not exist until the end of the iterator is reached.

Note:

Reuse: After calling this method, one should discard the iterator it was called on. Using it is undefined and subject to change.

Source:
Iterator.scala
def indexWhere(p: A => Boolean, from: Int): Int
@deprecatedOverriding("isEmpty is defined as !hasNext; override hasNext instead", "2.13.0")
override def isEmpty: Boolean
Definition Classes
Source:
Iterator.scala
final def length: Int
def map[B](f: A => B): Iterator[B]

Wraps the value of next() in an option.

Wraps the value of next() in an option.

Returns:

Some(next) if a next element exists, None otherwise.

Source:
Iterator.scala
def padTo[B >: A](len: Int, elem: B): Iterator[B]

A copy of this iterator with an element value appended until a given target length is reached.

A copy of this iterator with an element value appended until a given target length is reached.

Type parameters:
B

the element type of the returned iterator.

Value parameters:
elem

the padding value

len

the target length

Returns:

a new iterator consisting of all elements of this iterator followed by the minimal number of occurrences of elem so that the resulting collection has a length of at least len.

Source:
Iterator.scala

Partitions this iterator in two iterators according to a predicate.

Partitions this iterator in two iterators according to a predicate.

Value parameters:
p

the predicate on which to partition

Returns:

a pair of iterators: the iterator that satisfies the predicate p and the iterator that does not. The relative order of the elements in the resulting iterators is the same as in the original iterator.

Note:

Reuse: After calling this method, one should discard the iterator it was called on, and use only the iterators that were returned. Using the old iterator is undefined, subject to change, and may result in changes to the new iterators as well.

Source:
Iterator.scala
def patch[B >: A](from: Int, patchElems: Iterator[B], replaced: Int): Iterator[B]

Returns this iterator with patched values.

Returns this iterator with patched values. Patching at negative indices is the same as patching starting at 0. Patching at indices at or larger than the length of the original iterator appends the patch to the end. If more values are replaced than actually exist, the excess is ignored.

Value parameters:
from

The start index from which to patch

patchElems

The iterator of patch values

replaced

The number of values in the original iterator that are replaced by the patch.

Note:

Reuse: After calling this method, one should discard the iterator it was called on, as well as the one passed as a parameter, and use only the iterator that was returned. Using the old iterators is undefined, subject to change, and may result in changes to the new iterator as well.

Source:
Iterator.scala
def sameElements[B >: A](that: IterableOnce[B]): Boolean

Checks whether corresponding elements of the given iterable collection compare equal (with respect to ==) to elements of this iterator.

Checks whether corresponding elements of the given iterable collection compare equal (with respect to ==) to elements of this iterator.

Type parameters:
B

the type of the elements of collection that.

Value parameters:
that

the collection to compare

Returns:

true if both collections contain equal elements in the same order, false otherwise.

Source:
Iterator.scala
def scanLeft[B](z: B)(op: (B, A) => B): Iterator[B]
def slice(from: Int, until: Int): Iterator[A]
def sliding[B >: A](size: Int, step: Int): GroupedIterator[B]

Returns an iterator which presents a "sliding window" view of this iterator.

Returns an iterator which presents a "sliding window" view of this iterator. The first argument is the window size, and the second argument step is how far to advance the window on each iteration. The step defaults to 1.

The returned GroupedIterator can be configured to either pad a partial result to size size or suppress the partial result entirely.

Example usages:

// Returns List(ArraySeq(1, 2, 3), ArraySeq(2, 3, 4), ArraySeq(3, 4, 5))
(1 to 5).iterator.sliding(3).toList
// Returns List(ArraySeq(1, 2, 3, 4), ArraySeq(4, 5))
(1 to 5).iterator.sliding(4, 3).toList
// Returns List(ArraySeq(1, 2, 3, 4))
(1 to 5).iterator.sliding(4, 3).withPartial(false).toList
// Returns List(ArraySeq(1, 2, 3, 4), ArraySeq(4, 5, 20, 25))
// Illustrating that withPadding's argument is by-name.
val it2 = Iterator.iterate(20)(_ + 5)
(1 to 5).iterator.sliding(4, 3).withPadding(it2.next).toList
Value parameters:
size

the number of elements per group

step

the distance between the first elements of successive groups

Returns:

A GroupedIterator producing Seq[B]s of size size, except the last element (which may be the only element) will be truncated if there are fewer than size elements remaining to be grouped. This behavior can be configured.

Note:

Reuse: After calling this method, one should discard the iterator it was called on, and use only the iterator that was returned. Using the old iterator is undefined, subject to change, and may result in changes to the new iterator as well.

Source:
Iterator.scala
def span(p: A => Boolean): (Iterator[A], Iterator[A])

Splits this iterator into a prefix/suffix pair according to a predicate.

Splits this iterator into a prefix/suffix pair according to a predicate.

Note: c span p is equivalent to (but possibly more efficient than) (c takeWhile p, c dropWhile p), provided the evaluation of the predicate p does not cause any side-effects.

Note: might return different results for different runs, unless the underlying collection type is ordered.

Note:

Reuse: After calling this method, one should discard the iterator it was called on, and use only the iterators that were returned. Using the old iterator is undefined, subject to change, and may result in changes to the new iterators as well.

Source:
Iterator.scala
def take(n: Int): Iterator[A]
override def tapEach[U](f: A => U): Iterator[A]
Definition Classes
Source:
Iterator.scala
override def toString: String

Converts this iterator to a string.

Converts this iterator to a string.

Returns:

""

Note:

Reuse: The iterator remains valid for further use whatever result is returned.

Definition Classes
Source:
Iterator.scala

Creates an iterator over all the elements of this iterator that satisfy the predicate p.

Creates an iterator over all the elements of this iterator that satisfy the predicate p. The order of the elements is preserved.

Note: withFilter is the same as filter on iterators. It exists so that for-expressions with filters work over iterators.

Value parameters:
p

the predicate used to test values.

Returns:

an iterator which produces those values of this iterator which satisfy the predicate p.

Note:

Reuse: After calling this method, one should discard the iterator it was called on, and use only the iterator that was returned. Using the old iterator is undefined, subject to change, and may result in changes to the new iterator as well.

Source:
Iterator.scala
def zip[B](that: IterableOnce[B]): Iterator[(A, B)]
def zipAll[A1 >: A, B](that: IterableOnce[B], thisElem: A1, thatElem: B): Iterator[(A1, B)]

Deprecated methods

@deprecated("hasDefiniteSize on Iterator is the same as isEmpty", "2.13.0") @inline
final override def hasDefiniteSize: Boolean
Deprecated
Definition Classes
Source:
Iterator.scala
@deprecated("Call scanRight on an Iterable instead.", "2.13.0")
def scanRight[B](z: B)(op: (A, B) => B): Iterator[B]
Deprecated
Source:
Iterator.scala
@deprecated("Iterator.seq always returns the iterator itself", "2.13.0")
def seq: Iterator[A]
Deprecated
Source:
Iterator.scala

Inherited methods

Appends all elements of this collection to a string builder.

Appends all elements of this collection to a string builder. The written text consists of the string representations (w.r.t. the method toString) of all elements of this collection without any separator string.

Example:

scala> val a = List(1,2,3,4)
a: List[Int] = List(1, 2, 3, 4)

scala> val b = new StringBuilder()
b: StringBuilder =

scala> val h = a.addString(b)
h: StringBuilder = 1234
Value parameters:
b

the string builder to which elements are appended.

Returns:

the string builder b to which elements were appended.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala

Appends all elements of this collection to a string builder using a separator string.

Appends all elements of this collection to a string builder using a separator string. The written text consists of the string representations (w.r.t. the method toString) of all elements of this collection, separated by the string sep.

Example:

scala> val a = List(1,2,3,4)
a: List[Int] = List(1, 2, 3, 4)

scala> val b = new StringBuilder()
b: StringBuilder =

scala> a.addString(b, ", ")
res0: StringBuilder = 1, 2, 3, 4
Value parameters:
b

the string builder to which elements are appended.

sep

the separator string.

Returns:

the string builder b to which elements were appended.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala

Appends all elements of this collection to a string builder using start, end, and separator strings.

Appends all elements of this collection to a string builder using start, end, and separator strings. The written text begins with the string start and ends with the string end. Inside, the string representations (w.r.t. the method toString) of all elements of this collection are separated by the string sep.

Example:

scala> val a = List(1,2,3,4)
a: List[Int] = List(1, 2, 3, 4)

scala> val b = new StringBuilder()
b: StringBuilder =

scala> a.addString(b , "List(" , ", " , ")")
res5: StringBuilder = List(1, 2, 3, 4)
Value parameters:
b

the string builder to which elements are appended.

end

the ending string.

sep

the separator string.

start

the starting string.

Returns:

the string builder b to which elements were appended.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala

Finds the first element of the collection for which the given partial function is defined, and applies the partial function to it.

Finds the first element of the collection for which the given partial function is defined, and applies the partial function to it.

Note: may not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Note: might return different results for different runs, unless the underlying collection type is ordered.

Value parameters:
pf

the partial function

Returns:

an option value containing pf applied to the first value for which it is defined, or None if none exists.

Example:

Seq("a", 1, 5L).collectFirst({ case x: Int => x*10 }) = Some(10)

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
def copyToArray[B >: A](xs: Array[B], start: Int, len: Int): Int

Copy elements to an array, returning the number of elements written.

Copy elements to an array, returning the number of elements written.

Fills the given array xs starting at index start with at most len elements of this collection.

Copying will stop once either all the elements of this collection have been copied, or the end of the array is reached, or len elements have been copied.

Type parameters:
B

the type of the elements of the array.

Value parameters:
len

the maximal number of elements to copy.

start

the starting index of xs.

xs

the array to fill.

Returns:

the number of elements written to the array

Note:

Reuse: After calling this method, one should discard the iterator it was called on. Using it is undefined and subject to change.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
@deprecatedOverriding("This should always forward to the 3-arg version of this method", since = "2.13.4")
def copyToArray[B >: A](xs: Array[B], start: Int): Int

Copy elements to an array, returning the number of elements written.

Copy elements to an array, returning the number of elements written.

Fills the given array xs starting at index start with values of this collection.

Copying will stop once either all the elements of this collection have been copied, or the end of the array is reached.

Type parameters:
B

the type of the elements of the array.

Value parameters:
start

the starting index of xs.

xs

the array to fill.

Returns:

the number of elements written to the array

Note:

Reuse: After calling this method, one should discard the iterator it was called on. Using it is undefined and subject to change.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
@deprecatedOverriding("This should always forward to the 3-arg version of this method", since = "2.13.4")
def copyToArray[B >: A](xs: Array[B]): Int

Copy elements to an array, returning the number of elements written.

Copy elements to an array, returning the number of elements written.

Fills the given array xs starting at index start with values of this collection.

Copying will stop once either all the elements of this collection have been copied, or the end of the array is reached.

Type parameters:
B

the type of the elements of the array.

Value parameters:
xs

the array to fill.

Returns:

the number of elements written to the array

Note:

Reuse: After calling this method, one should discard the iterator it was called on. Using it is undefined and subject to change.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
def corresponds[B](that: IterableOnce[B])(p: (A, B) => Boolean): Boolean

Tests whether every element of this collection's iterator relates to the corresponding element of another collection by satisfying a test predicate.

Tests whether every element of this collection's iterator relates to the corresponding element of another collection by satisfying a test predicate.

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Type parameters:
B

the type of the elements of that

Value parameters:
p

the test predicate, which relates elements from both collections

that

the other collection

Returns:

true if both collections have the same length and p(x, y) is true for all corresponding elements x of this iterator and y of that, otherwise false

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
def count(p: A => Boolean): Int

Counts the number of elements in the collection which satisfy a predicate.

Counts the number of elements in the collection which satisfy a predicate.

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Value parameters:
p

the predicate used to test elements.

Returns:

the number of elements satisfying the predicate p.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
def exists(p: A => Boolean): Boolean

Tests whether a predicate holds for at least one element of this collection.

Tests whether a predicate holds for at least one element of this collection.

Note: may not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Value parameters:
p

the predicate used to test elements.

Returns:

true if the given predicate p is satisfied by at least one element of this collection, otherwise false

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
def find(p: A => Boolean): Option[A]

Finds the first element of the collection satisfying a predicate, if any.

Finds the first element of the collection satisfying a predicate, if any.

Note: may not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Note: might return different results for different runs, unless the underlying collection type is ordered.

Value parameters:
p

the predicate used to test elements.

Returns:

an option value containing the first element in the collection that satisfies p, or None if none exists.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
def fold[A1 >: A](z: A1)(op: (A1, A1) => A1): A1

Folds the elements of this collection using the specified associative binary operator.

Folds the elements of this collection using the specified associative binary operator. The default implementation in IterableOnce is equivalent to foldLeft but may be overridden for more efficient traversal orders.

The order in which operations are performed on elements is unspecified and may be nondeterministic.

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Type parameters:
A1

a type parameter for the binary operator, a supertype of A.

Value parameters:
op

a binary operator that must be associative.

z

a neutral element for the fold operation; may be added to the result an arbitrary number of times, and must not change the result (e.g., Nil for list concatenation, 0 for addition, or 1 for multiplication).

Returns:

the result of applying the fold operator op between all the elements and z, or z if this collection is empty.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
def foldLeft[B](z: B)(op: (B, A) => B): B

Applies a binary operator to a start value and all elements of this collection, going left to right.

Applies a binary operator to a start value and all elements of this collection, going left to right.

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Note: might return different results for different runs, unless the underlying collection type is ordered or the operator is associative and commutative.

Type parameters:
B

the result type of the binary operator.

Value parameters:
op

the binary operator.

z

the start value.

Returns:

the result of inserting op between consecutive elements of this collection, going left to right with the start value z on the left: op(...op(z, x1), x2, ..., xn) where x1, ..., xn are the elements of this collection. Returns z if this collection is empty.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
def foldRight[B](z: B)(op: (A, B) => B): B

Applies a binary operator to all elements of this collection and a start value, going right to left.

Applies a binary operator to all elements of this collection and a start value, going right to left.

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Note: might return different results for different runs, unless the underlying collection type is ordered or the operator is associative and commutative.

Type parameters:
B

the result type of the binary operator.

Value parameters:
op

the binary operator.

z

the start value.

Returns:

the result of inserting op between consecutive elements of this collection, going right to left with the start value z on the right: op(x1, op(x2, ... op(xn, z)...)) where x1, ..., xn are the elements of this collection. Returns z if this collection is empty.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
def forall(p: A => Boolean): Boolean

Tests whether a predicate holds for all elements of this collection.

Tests whether a predicate holds for all elements of this collection.

Note: may not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Value parameters:
p

the predicate used to test elements.

Returns:

true if this collection is empty or the given predicate p holds for all elements of this collection, otherwise false.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
def foreach[U](f: A => U): Unit

Apply f to each element for its side effects Note: [U] parameter needed to help scalac's type inference.

Apply f to each element for its side effects Note: [U] parameter needed to help scalac's type inference.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala

Tests whether this collection can be repeatedly traversed.

Tests whether this collection can be repeatedly traversed. Always true for Iterables and false for Iterators unless overridden.

Returns:

true if it is repeatedly traversable, false otherwise.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
Returns:

The number of elements in this collection, if it can be cheaply computed, -1 otherwise. Cheaply usually means: Not requiring a collection traversal.

Inherited from:
IterableOnce
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
def max[B >: A](implicit ord: Ordering[B]): A

Finds the largest element.

Finds the largest element.

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Type parameters:
B

The type over which the ordering is defined.

Value parameters:
ord

An ordering to be used for comparing elements.

Returns:

the largest element of this collection with respect to the ordering ord.

Throws:
UnsupportedOperationException

if this collection is empty.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
def maxBy[B](f: A => B)(implicit cmp: Ordering[B]): A

Finds the first element which yields the largest value measured by function f.

Finds the first element which yields the largest value measured by function f.

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Type parameters:
B

The result type of the function f.

Value parameters:
cmp

An ordering to be used for comparing elements.

f

The measuring function.

Returns:

the first element of this collection with the largest value measured by function f with respect to the ordering cmp.

Throws:
UnsupportedOperationException

if this collection is empty.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
def maxByOption[B](f: A => B)(implicit cmp: Ordering[B]): Option[A]

Finds the first element which yields the largest value measured by function f.

Finds the first element which yields the largest value measured by function f.

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Type parameters:
B

The result type of the function f.

Value parameters:
cmp

An ordering to be used for comparing elements.

f

The measuring function.

Returns:

an option value containing the first element of this collection with the largest value measured by function f with respect to the ordering cmp.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
def maxOption[B >: A](implicit ord: Ordering[B]): Option[A]

Finds the largest element.

Finds the largest element.

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Type parameters:
B

The type over which the ordering is defined.

Value parameters:
ord

An ordering to be used for comparing elements.

Returns:

an option value containing the largest element of this collection with respect to the ordering ord.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
def min[B >: A](implicit ord: Ordering[B]): A

Finds the smallest element.

Finds the smallest element.

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Type parameters:
B

The type over which the ordering is defined.

Value parameters:
ord

An ordering to be used for comparing elements.

Returns:

the smallest element of this collection with respect to the ordering ord.

Throws:
UnsupportedOperationException

if this collection is empty.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
def minBy[B](f: A => B)(implicit cmp: Ordering[B]): A

Finds the first element which yields the smallest value measured by function f.

Finds the first element which yields the smallest value measured by function f.

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Type parameters:
B

The result type of the function f.

Value parameters:
cmp

An ordering to be used for comparing elements.

f

The measuring function.

Returns:

the first element of this collection with the smallest value measured by function f with respect to the ordering cmp.

Throws:
UnsupportedOperationException

if this collection is empty.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
def minByOption[B](f: A => B)(implicit cmp: Ordering[B]): Option[A]

Finds the first element which yields the smallest value measured by function f.

Finds the first element which yields the smallest value measured by function f.

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Type parameters:
B

The result type of the function f.

Value parameters:
cmp

An ordering to be used for comparing elements.

f

The measuring function.

Returns:

an option value containing the first element of this collection with the smallest value measured by function f with respect to the ordering cmp.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
def minOption[B >: A](implicit ord: Ordering[B]): Option[A]

Finds the smallest element.

Finds the smallest element.

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Type parameters:
B

The type over which the ordering is defined.

Value parameters:
ord

An ordering to be used for comparing elements.

Returns:

an option value containing the smallest element of this collection with respect to the ordering ord.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
final def mkString: String

Displays all elements of this collection in a string.

Displays all elements of this collection in a string.

Delegates to addString, which can be overridden.

Returns:

a string representation of this collection. In the resulting string the string representations (w.r.t. the method toString) of all elements of this collection follow each other without any separator string.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
final def mkString(sep: String): String

Displays all elements of this collection in a string using a separator string.

Displays all elements of this collection in a string using a separator string.

Delegates to addString, which can be overridden.

Value parameters:
sep

the separator string.

Returns:

a string representation of this collection. In the resulting string the string representations (w.r.t. the method toString) of all elements of this collection are separated by the string sep.

Example:

List(1, 2, 3).mkString("|") = "1|2|3"

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
final def mkString(start: String, sep: String, end: String): String

Displays all elements of this collection in a string using start, end, and separator strings.

Displays all elements of this collection in a string using start, end, and separator strings.

Delegates to addString, which can be overridden.

Value parameters:
end

the ending string.

sep

the separator string.

start

the starting string.

Returns:

a string representation of this collection. The resulting string begins with the string start and ends with the string end. Inside, the string representations (w.r.t. the method toString) of all elements of this collection are separated by the string sep.

Example:

List(1, 2, 3).mkString("(", "; ", ")") = "(1; 2; 3)"

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
@deprecatedOverriding("nonEmpty is defined as !isEmpty; override isEmpty instead", "2.13.0")

Tests whether the collection is not empty.

Tests whether the collection is not empty.

Returns:

true if the collection contains at least one element, false otherwise.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
def product[B >: A](implicit num: Numeric[B]): B

Multiplies up the elements of this collection.

Multiplies up the elements of this collection.

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Type parameters:
B

the result type of the * operator.

Value parameters:
num

an implicit parameter defining a set of numeric operations which includes the * operator to be used in forming the product.

Returns:

the product of all elements of this collection with respect to the * operator in num.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
def reduce[B >: A](op: (B, B) => B): B

Reduces the elements of this collection using the specified associative binary operator.

Reduces the elements of this collection using the specified associative binary operator.

The order in which operations are performed on elements is unspecified and may be nondeterministic.

Type parameters:
B

A type parameter for the binary operator, a supertype of A.

Value parameters:
op

A binary operator that must be associative.

Returns:

The result of applying reduce operator op between all the elements if the collection is nonempty.

Throws:
UnsupportedOperationException

if this collection is empty.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
def reduceLeft[B >: A](op: (B, A) => B): B

Applies a binary operator to all elements of this collection, going left to right.

Applies a binary operator to all elements of this collection, going left to right.

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Note: might return different results for different runs, unless the underlying collection type is ordered or the operator is associative and commutative.

Type parameters:
B

the result type of the binary operator.

Value parameters:
op

the binary operator.

Returns:

the result of inserting op between consecutive elements of this collection, going left to right: op( op( ... op(x1, x2) ..., xn-1), xn) where x1, ..., xn are the elements of this collection.

Throws:
UnsupportedOperationException

if this collection is empty.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
def reduceLeftOption[B >: A](op: (B, A) => B): Option[B]

Optionally applies a binary operator to all elements of this collection, going left to right.

Optionally applies a binary operator to all elements of this collection, going left to right.

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Note: might return different results for different runs, unless the underlying collection type is ordered or the operator is associative and commutative.

Type parameters:
B

the result type of the binary operator.

Value parameters:
op

the binary operator.

Returns:

an option value containing the result of reduceLeft(op) if this collection is nonempty, None otherwise.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
def reduceOption[B >: A](op: (B, B) => B): Option[B]

Reduces the elements of this collection, if any, using the specified associative binary operator.

Reduces the elements of this collection, if any, using the specified associative binary operator.

The order in which operations are performed on elements is unspecified and may be nondeterministic.

Type parameters:
B

A type parameter for the binary operator, a supertype of A.

Value parameters:
op

A binary operator that must be associative.

Returns:

An option value containing result of applying reduce operator op between all the elements if the collection is nonempty, and None otherwise.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
def reduceRight[B >: A](op: (A, B) => B): B

Applies a binary operator to all elements of this collection, going right to left.

Applies a binary operator to all elements of this collection, going right to left.

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Note: might return different results for different runs, unless the underlying collection type is ordered or the operator is associative and commutative.

Type parameters:
B

the result type of the binary operator.

Value parameters:
op

the binary operator.

Returns:

the result of inserting op between consecutive elements of this collection, going right to left: op(x1, op(x2, ..., op(xn-1, xn)...)) where x1, ..., xn are the elements of this collection.

Throws:
UnsupportedOperationException

if this collection is empty.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
def reduceRightOption[B >: A](op: (A, B) => B): Option[B]

Optionally applies a binary operator to all elements of this collection, going right to left.

Optionally applies a binary operator to all elements of this collection, going right to left.

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Note: might return different results for different runs, unless the underlying collection type is ordered or the operator is associative and commutative.

Type parameters:
B

the result type of the binary operator.

Value parameters:
op

the binary operator.

Returns:

an option value containing the result of reduceRight(op) if this collection is nonempty, None otherwise.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
protected def reversed: Iterable[A]
Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
def size: Int

The size of this collection.

The size of this collection.

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Returns:

the number of elements in this collection.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
def splitAt(n: Int): (Iterator[A], Iterator[A])

Splits this collection into a prefix/suffix pair at a given position.

Splits this collection into a prefix/suffix pair at a given position.

Note: c splitAt n is equivalent to (but possibly more efficient than) (c take n, c drop n).

Note: might return different results for different runs, unless the underlying collection type is ordered.

Value parameters:
n

the position at which to split.

Returns:

a pair of collections consisting of the first n elements of this collection, and the other elements.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
def stepper[S <: Stepper[_]](implicit shape: StepperShape[A, S]): S

Returns a scala.collection.Stepper for the elements of this collection.

Returns a scala.collection.Stepper for the elements of this collection.

The Stepper enables creating a Java stream to operate on the collection, see scala.jdk.StreamConverters. For collections holding primitive values, the Stepper can be used as an iterator which doesn't box the elements.

The implicit scala.collection.StepperShape parameter defines the resulting Stepper type according to the element type of this collection.

Note that this method is overridden in subclasses and the return type is refined to S with EfficientSplit, for example scala.collection.IndexedSeqOps.stepper. For Steppers marked with scala.collection.Stepper.EfficientSplit, the converters in scala.jdk.StreamConverters allow creating parallel streams, whereas bare Steppers can be converted only to sequential streams.

Inherited from:
IterableOnce
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
def sum[B >: A](implicit num: Numeric[B]): B

Sums up the elements of this collection.

Sums up the elements of this collection.

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Type parameters:
B

the result type of the + operator.

Value parameters:
num

an implicit parameter defining a set of numeric operations which includes the + operator to be used in forming the sum.

Returns:

the sum of all elements of this collection with respect to the + operator in num.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
def to[C1](factory: Factory[A, C1]): C1

Given a collection factory factory, convert this collection to the appropriate representation for the current element type A.

Given a collection factory factory, convert this collection to the appropriate representation for the current element type A. Example uses:

xs.to(List) xs.to(ArrayBuffer) xs.to(BitSet) // for xs: Iterable[Int]

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
def toArray[B >: A : ClassTag]: Array[B]

Convert collection to array.

Convert collection to array.

Implementation note: DO NOT call Array.from from this method.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
final def toBuffer[B >: A]: Buffer[B]
Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
def toList: List[A]
Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
def toMap[K, V](implicit ev: A <:< (K, V)): Map[K, V]
Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
def toSeq: Seq[A]
Returns:

This collection as a Seq[A]. This is equivalent to to(Seq) but might be faster.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
def toSet[B >: A]: Set[B]
Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala

Deprecated and Inherited methods

@deprecated("Use foldLeft instead of /:", "2.13.0") @inline
final def /:[B](z: B)(op: (B, A) => B): B
Deprecated
Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
@deprecated("Use foldRight instead of :\\", "2.13.0") @inline
final def :\[B](z: B)(op: (A, B) => B): B
Deprecated
Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
@deprecated("`aggregate` is not relevant for sequential collections. Use `foldLeft(z)(seqop)` instead.", "2.13.0")
def aggregate[B](z: => B)(seqop: (B, A) => B, combop: (B, B) => B): B
Deprecated
Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
@deprecated("Use `dest ++= coll` instead", "2.13.0") @inline
final def copyToBuffer[B >: A](dest: Buffer[B]): Unit
Deprecated
Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
@deprecated("Use .iterator instead of .toIterator", "2.13.0") @inline
final def toIterator: Iterator[A]
Deprecated
Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala
@deprecated("Use .to(LazyList) instead of .toStream", "2.13.0") @inline
final def toStream: Stream[A]
Deprecated
Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source:
IterableOnce.scala