Test two objects for inequality.

Equivalent to x.hashCode except for boxed numeric types and null. For numerics, it returns a hash value which is consistent with value equality: if two value type instances compare as true, then ## will produce the same hash value for each of them. For null returns a hashcode where null.hashCode throws a NullPointerException.

Test two objects for equality. The expression x == that is equivalent to if (x eq null) that eq null else x.equals(that).

Cast the receiver object to be of type T0.

Note that the success of a cast at runtime is modulo Scala's erasure semantics. Therefore the expression 1.asInstanceOf[String] will throw a ClassCastException at runtime, while the expression List(1).asInstanceOf[List[String]] will not. In the latter example, because the type argument is erased as part of compilation it is not possible to check whether the contents of the list are of the requested type.

Returns the runtime class representation of the object.

Test whether the dynamic type of the receiver object has the same erasure as T0.

Depending on what T0 is, the test is done in one of the below ways:

• T0 is a non-parameterized class type, e.g. BigDecimal: this method returns true if the value of the receiver object is a BigDecimal or a subtype of BigDecimal.
• T0 is a parameterized class type, e.g. List[Int]: this method returns true if the value of the receiver object is some List[X] for any X. For example, List(1, 2, 3).isInstanceOf[List[String]] will return true.
• T0 is some singleton type x.type or literal x: this method returns this.eq(x). For example, x.isInstanceOf[1] is equivalent to x.eq(1)
• T0 is an intersection X with Y or X & Y: this method is equivalent to x.isInstanceOf[X] && x.isInstanceOf[Y]
• T0 is a union X | Y: this method is equivalent to x.isInstanceOf[X] || x.isInstanceOf[Y]
• T0 is a type parameter or an abstract type member: this method is equivalent to isInstanceOf[U] where U is T0's upper bound, Any if T0 is unbounded. For example, x.isInstanceOf[A] where A is an unbounded type parameter will return true for any value of x.

This is exactly equivalent to the type pattern _: T0

Converts the value by applying the function f.

scala> import scala.util.chaining._

scala> val times6 = (_: Int) * 6
times6: Int => Int = $$Lambda$2023/975629453@17143b3b

scala> val i = (1 - 2 - 3).pipe(times6).pipe(scala.math.abs)
i: Int = 24

Note: (1 - 2 - 3).pipe(times6) may have a small amount of overhead at runtime compared to the equivalent { val temp = 1 - 2 - 3; times6(temp) }.

Applies f to the value for its side effects, and returns the original value.

scala> import scala.util.chaining._

scala> val xs = List(1, 2, 3).tap(ys => println("debug " + ys.toString))
debug List(1, 2, 3)
xs: List[Int] = List(1, 2, 3)

Returns a string representation of the object.

The default representation is platform dependent.

Returns string formatted according to given format string. Format strings are as for String.format (@see java.lang.String.format).