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final case class ::[+A](head: A, var next: List[A]) extends List[A]

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List.scala
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trait Product
class List[A]
trait Serializable
trait LinearSeq[A]
trait LinearSeqOps[A, List, List[A]]
trait LinearSeq[A]
trait LinearSeqOps[A, List, List[A]]
class AbstractSeq[A]
trait Seq[A]
trait SeqOps[A, List, List[A]]
trait Iterable[A]
class AbstractSeq[A]
trait Seq[A]
trait Equals
trait SeqOps[A, List, List[A]]
trait PartialFunction[Int, A]
trait Int => A
class AbstractIterable[A]
trait Iterable[A]
trait IterableOps[A, List, List[A]]
trait IterableOnceOps[A, List, List[A]]
trait IterableOnce[A]
class Object
trait Matchable
class Any
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override def headOption: Some[A]

Optionally selects the first element.

Optionally selects the first element.

Attributes

Returns

the first element of this immutable collection if it is nonempty, None if it is empty.

Definition Classes
Source
List.scala
override def tail: List[A]

The rest of the collection without its first element.

The rest of the collection without its first element.

Note: *Must* be overridden in subclasses. The default implementation is inherited from IterableOps.

Attributes

Definition Classes
Source
List.scala

Inherited methods

final def ++[B >: A](suffix: IterableOnce[B]): List[B]

Alias for concat

Alias for concat

Attributes

Inherited from:
IterableOps
Source
Iterable.scala
final override def ++:[B >: A](prefix: IterableOnce[B]): List[B]

Alias for prependedAll.

Alias for prependedAll.

Attributes

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
SeqOps
Source
Seq.scala
final def +:[B >: A](elem: B): List[B]

Alias for prepended.

Alias for prepended.

Note that :-ending operators are right associative (see example). A mnemonic for +: vs. :+ is: the COLon goes on the COLlection side.

Attributes

Inherited from:
SeqOps
Source
Seq.scala
final def :+[B >: A](elem: B): List[B]

Alias for appended.

Alias for appended.

Note that :-ending operators are right associative (see example). A mnemonic for +: vs. :+ is: the COLon goes on the COLlection side.

Attributes

Inherited from:
SeqOps
Source
Seq.scala
final def :++[B >: A](suffix: IterableOnce[B]): List[B]

Alias for appendedAll.

Alias for appendedAll.

Attributes

Inherited from:
SeqOps
Source
Seq.scala
def ::[B >: A](elem: B): List[B]

Adds an element at the beginning of this list.

Adds an element at the beginning of this list.

Value parameters

elem

the element to prepend.

Attributes

Returns

a list which contains x as first element and which continues with this list. Example:

1 :: List(2, 3) = List(2, 3).::(1) = List(1, 2, 3)
Inherited from:
List
Source
List.scala
def :::[B >: A](prefix: List[B]): List[B]

Adds the elements of a given list in front of this list.

Adds the elements of a given list in front of this list.

Example:

List(1, 2) ::: List(3, 4) = List(3, 4).:::(List(1, 2)) = List(1, 2, 3, 4)

Value parameters

prefix

The list elements to prepend.

Attributes

Returns

a list resulting from the concatenation of the given list prefix and this list.

Inherited from:
List
Source
List.scala
final def addString(b: StringBuilder): b.type

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.

Attributes

Returns

the string builder b to which elements were appended.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source
IterableOnce.scala
final def addString(b: StringBuilder, sep: String): b.type

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.

Attributes

Returns

the string builder b to which elements were appended.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source
IterableOnce.scala
def addString(b: StringBuilder, start: String, sep: String, end: String): b.type

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.

Attributes

Returns

the string builder b to which elements were appended.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source
IterableOnce.scala
def andThen[C](k: PartialFunction[A, C]): PartialFunction[Int, C]

Composes this partial function with another partial function that gets applied to results of this partial function.

Composes this partial function with another partial function that gets applied to results of this partial function.

Note that calling isDefinedAt on the resulting partial function may apply the first partial function and execute its side effect. For efficiency, it is recommended to call applyOrElse instead of isDefinedAt or apply.

Type parameters

C

the result type of the transformation function.

Value parameters

k

the transformation function

Attributes

Returns

a partial function with the domain of this partial function narrowed by other partial function, which maps arguments x to k(this(x)).

Inherited from:
PartialFunction
Source
PartialFunction.scala
override def andThen[C](k: A => C): PartialFunction[Int, C]

Composes this partial function with a transformation function that gets applied to results of this partial function.

Composes this partial function with a transformation function that gets applied to results of this partial function.

If the runtime type of the function is a PartialFunction then the other andThen method is used (note its cautions).

Type parameters

C

the result type of the transformation function.

Value parameters

k

the transformation function

Attributes

Returns

a partial function with the domain of this partial function, possibly narrowed by the specified function, which maps arguments x to k(this(x)).

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
PartialFunction
Source
PartialFunction.scala
override def appended[B >: A](elem: B): List[B]

A copy of this sequence with an element appended.

A copy of this sequence with an element appended.

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Example:

scala> val a = List(1)
a: List[Int] = List(1)

scala> val b = a :+ 2
b: List[Int] = List(1, 2)

scala> println(a)
List(1)

Type parameters

B

the element type of the returned sequence.

Value parameters

elem

the appended element

Attributes

Returns

a new sequence consisting of all elements of this sequence followed by value.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
StrictOptimizedSeqOps
Source
StrictOptimizedSeqOps.scala
override def appendedAll[B >: A](suffix: IterableOnce[B]): List[B]

Returns a new list containing the elements from the left hand operand followed by the elements from the right hand operand.

Returns a new list containing the elements from the left hand operand followed by the elements from the right hand operand. The element type of the list is the most specific superclass encompassing the element types of the two operands.

Type parameters

B

the element type of the returned collection.

Value parameters

suffix

the iterable to append.

Attributes

Returns

a new collection of type CC[B] which contains all elements of this list followed by all elements of suffix.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
List
Source
List.scala
override def apply(n: Int): A

Gets the element at the specified index.

Gets the element at the specified index. This operation is provided for convenience in Seq. It should not be assumed to be efficient unless you have an IndexedSeq.

Attributes

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
LinearSeqOps
Source
LinearSeq.scala
def applyOrElse[A1 <: Int, B1 >: A](x: A1, default: A1 => B1): B1

Applies this partial function to the given argument when it is contained in the function domain.

Applies this partial function to the given argument when it is contained in the function domain. Applies fallback function where this partial function is not defined.

Note that expression pf.applyOrElse(x, default) is equivalent to

if(pf isDefinedAt x) pf(x) else default(x)

except that applyOrElse method can be implemented more efficiently. For all partial function literals the compiler generates an applyOrElse implementation which avoids double evaluation of pattern matchers and guards. This makes applyOrElse the basis for the efficient implementation for many operations and scenarios, such as:

- combining partial functions into orElse/andThen chains does not lead to excessive apply/isDefinedAt evaluation - lift and unlift do not evaluate source functions twice on each invocation - runWith allows efficient imperative-style combining of partial functions with conditionally applied actions

For non-literal partial function classes with nontrivial isDefinedAt method it is recommended to override applyOrElse with custom implementation that avoids double isDefinedAt evaluation. This may result in better performance and more predictable behavior w.r.t. side effects.

Value parameters

default

the fallback function

x

the function argument

Attributes

Returns

the result of this function or fallback function application.

Inherited from:
PartialFunction
Source
PartialFunction.scala
def canEqual(that: Any): Boolean

Checks whether this instance can possibly equal that.

Checks whether this instance can possibly equal that.

A method that should be called from every well-designed equals method that is open to be overridden in a subclass. See Programming in Scala, Chapter 28 for discussion and design.

Value parameters

that

the value being probed for possible equality

Attributes

Returns

true if this instance can possibly equal that, otherwise false

Inherited from:
Seq
Source
Seq.scala
final override def collect[B](pf: PartialFunction[A, B]): List[B]

Builds a new list by applying a partial function to all elements of this list on which the function is defined.

Builds a new list by applying a partial function to all elements of this list on which the function is defined.

Type parameters

B

the element type of the returned list.

Value parameters

pf

the partial function which filters and maps the list.

Attributes

Returns

a new list resulting from applying the given partial function pf to each element on which it is defined and collecting the results. The order of the elements is preserved.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
List
Source
List.scala
def collectFirst[B](pf: PartialFunction[A, B]): Option[B]

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

Attributes

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 combinations(n: Int): Iterator[List[A]]

Iterates over combinations of elements.

Iterates over combinations of elements.

A combination of length n is a sequence of n elements selected in order of their first index in this sequence.

For example, "xyx" has two combinations of length 2. The x is selected first: "xx", "xy". The sequence "yx" is not returned as a combination because it is subsumed by "xy".

If there is more than one way to generate the same combination, only one will be returned.

For example, the result "xy" arbitrarily selected one of the x elements.

As a further illustration, "xyxx" has three different ways to generate "xy" because there are three elements x to choose from. Moreover, there are three unordered pairs "xx" but only one is returned.

It is not specified which of these equal combinations is returned. It is an implementation detail that should not be relied on. For example, the combination "xx" does not necessarily contain the first x in this sequence. This behavior is observable if the elements compare equal but are not identical.

As a consequence, "xyx".combinations(3).next() is "xxy": the combination does not reflect the order of the original sequence, but the order in which elements were selected, by "first index"; the order of each x element is also arbitrary.

Note: Even when applied to a view or a lazy collection it will always force the elements.

Attributes

Returns

An Iterator which traverses the n-element combinations of this sequence.

Example

Seq('a', 'b', 'b', 'b', 'c').combinations(2).foreach(println)
// List(a, b)
// List(a, c)
// List(b, b)
// List(b, c)
Seq('b', 'a', 'b').combinations(2).foreach(println)
// List(b, b)
// List(b, a)
Inherited from:
SeqOps
Source
Seq.scala
def compose[R](k: PartialFunction[R, Int]): PartialFunction[R, A]

Composes another partial function k with this partial function so that this partial function gets applied to results of k.

Composes another partial function k with this partial function so that this partial function gets applied to results of k.

Note that calling isDefinedAt on the resulting partial function may apply the first partial function and execute its side effect. For efficiency, it is recommended to call applyOrElse instead of isDefinedAt or apply.

Type parameters

R

the parameter type of the transformation function.

Value parameters

k

the transformation function

Attributes

Returns

a partial function with the domain of other partial function narrowed by this partial function, which maps arguments x to this(k(x)).

Inherited from:
PartialFunction
Source
PartialFunction.scala
def compose[A](g: A => Int): A => A

Composes two instances of Function1 in a new Function1, with this function applied last.

Composes two instances of Function1 in a new Function1, with this function applied last.

Type parameters

A

the type to which function g can be applied

Value parameters

g

a function A => T1

Attributes

Returns

a new function f such that f(x) == apply(g(x))

Inherited from:
Function1
Source
Function1.scala
final override def concat[B >: A](suffix: IterableOnce[B]): List[B]

Returns a new sequence containing the elements from the left hand operand followed by the elements from the right hand operand.

Returns a new sequence containing the elements from the left hand operand followed by the elements from the right hand operand. The element type of the sequence is the most specific superclass encompassing the element types of the two operands.

Type parameters

B

the element type of the returned collection.

Value parameters

suffix

the iterable to append.

Attributes

Returns

a new sequence which contains all elements of this sequence followed by all elements of suffix.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
SeqOps
Source
Seq.scala
final override def contains[A1 >: A](elem: A1): Boolean

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

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

Value parameters

elem

the element to test.

Attributes

Returns

true if this list has an element that is equal (as determined by ==) to elem, false otherwise.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
List
Source
List.scala
def containsSlice[B >: A](that: Seq[B]): Boolean

Tests whether this sequence contains a given sequence as a slice.

Tests whether this sequence contains a given sequence as a slice.

Note: may not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Value parameters

that

the sequence to test

Attributes

Returns

true if this sequence contains a slice with the same elements as that, otherwise false.

Inherited from:
SeqOps
Source
Seq.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.

Attributes

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 copyToArray[B >: A](xs: Array[B], start: Int): Int

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

Copies 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.

Attributes

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 copyToArray[B >: A](xs: Array[B]): Int

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

Copies 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.

Attributes

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
override def corresponds[B](that: Seq[B])(p: (A, B) => Boolean): Boolean

Tests whether every element of this list relates to the corresponding element of another sequence by satisfying a test predicate.

Tests whether every element of this list relates to the corresponding element of another sequence by satisfying a test predicate.

Type parameters

B

the type of the elements of that

Value parameters

p

the test predicate, which relates elements from both sequences

that

the other sequence

Attributes

Returns

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

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
List
Source
List.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

Attributes

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.

Attributes

Returns

the number of elements satisfying the predicate p.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source
IterableOnce.scala
override def diff[B >: A](that: Seq[B]): List[A]

Computes the multiset difference between this sequence and another sequence.

Computes the multiset difference between this sequence and another sequence.

Value parameters

that

the sequence of elements to remove

Attributes

Returns

a new sequence which contains all elements of this sequence except some of occurrences of elements that also appear in that. If an element value x appears n times in that, then the first n occurrences of x will not form part of the result, but any following occurrences will.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
StrictOptimizedSeqOps
Source
StrictOptimizedSeqOps.scala
def distinct: List[A]

Selects all the elements of this sequence ignoring the duplicates.

Selects all the elements of this sequence ignoring the duplicates.

Attributes

Returns

a new sequence consisting of all the elements of this sequence without duplicates.

Inherited from:
SeqOps
Source
Seq.scala
override def distinctBy[B](f: A => B): List[A]

Selects all the elements of this sequence ignoring the duplicates as determined by == after applying the transforming function f.

Selects all the elements of this sequence ignoring the duplicates 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

Attributes

Returns

a new sequence consisting of all the elements of this sequence without duplicates.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
StrictOptimizedSeqOps
Source
StrictOptimizedSeqOps.scala
override def drop(n: Int): List[A]

Selects all elements except the first n ones.

Selects all elements except the first n ones.

Value parameters

n

the number of elements to drop from this sequence.

Attributes

Returns

a sequence consisting of all elements of this sequence except the first n ones, or else the empty sequence, if this sequence has less than n elements. If n is negative, don't drop any elements.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
StrictOptimizedLinearSeqOps
Source
LinearSeq.scala
override def dropRight(n: Int): List[A]

The rest of the collection without its n last elements.

The rest of the collection without its n last elements. For linear, immutable collections this should avoid making a copy.

Note: Even when applied to a view or a lazy collection it will always force the elements.

Attributes

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
StrictOptimizedIterableOps
Source
StrictOptimizedIterableOps.scala
override def dropWhile(p: A => Boolean): List[A]

Selects all elements except the longest prefix that satisfies a predicate.

Selects all elements except the longest prefix that satisfies a predicate.

The matching prefix starts with the first element of this sequence, and the element following the prefix is the first element that does not satisfy the predicate. The matching prefix may be empty, so that this method returns the entire sequence.

Example:

scala> List(1, 2, 3, 100, 4).dropWhile(n => n < 10)
val res0: List[Int] = List(100, 4)

scala> List(1, 2, 3, 100, 4).dropWhile(n => n == 0)
val res1: List[Int] = List(1, 2, 3, 100, 4)

Use span to obtain both the prefix and suffix. Use filterNot to drop all elements that satisfy the predicate.

Value parameters

p

The predicate used to test elements.

Attributes

Returns

the longest suffix of this sequence whose first element does not satisfy the predicate p.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
StrictOptimizedLinearSeqOps
Source
LinearSeq.scala

Returns an extractor object with a unapplySeq method, which extracts each element of a sequence data.

Returns an extractor object with a unapplySeq method, which extracts each element of a sequence data.

Attributes

Example

val firstChar: String => Option[Char] = _.headOption
Seq("foo", "bar", "baz") match {
  case firstChar.unlift.elementWise(c0, c1, c2) =>
    println(s"$c0, $c1, $c2") // Output: f, b, b
}
Inherited from:
PartialFunction
Source
PartialFunction.scala
override def empty: List[A]

The empty iterable of the same type as this iterable

The empty iterable of the same type as this iterable

Attributes

Returns

an empty iterable of type C.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
IterableFactoryDefaults
Source
Iterable.scala
def endsWith[B >: A](that: Iterable[B]): Boolean

Tests whether this sequence ends with the given sequence.

Tests whether this sequence ends with the given sequence.

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Value parameters

that

the sequence to test

Attributes

Returns

true if this sequence has that as a suffix, false otherwise.

Inherited from:
SeqOps
Source
Seq.scala
override def equals(o: Any): Boolean

Checks whether this instance is equal to that.

Checks whether this instance is equal to that. This universal equality method is defined in AnyRef.

Attributes

Definition Classes
List -> Seq -> Equals -> Any
Inherited from:
List
Source
List.scala
final override def exists(p: A => Boolean): Boolean

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

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

Value parameters

p

the predicate used to test elements.

Attributes

Returns

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

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
List
Source
List.scala
override def filter(p: A => Boolean): List[A]

Selects all elements of this list which satisfy a predicate.

Selects all elements of this list which satisfy a predicate.

Value parameters

p

the predicate used to test elements.

Attributes

Returns

a new list consisting of all elements of this list that satisfy the given predicate p. The order of the elements is preserved.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
List
Source
List.scala
override def filterNot(p: A => Boolean): List[A]

Selects all elements of this list which do not satisfy a predicate.

Selects all elements of this list which do not satisfy a predicate.

Value parameters

pred

the predicate used to test elements.

Attributes

Returns

a new list consisting of all elements of this list that do not satisfy the given predicate pred. Their order may not be preserved.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
List
Source
List.scala
final override def find(p: A => Boolean): Option[A]

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

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

Value parameters

p

the predicate used to test elements.

Attributes

Returns

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

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
List
Source
List.scala
override def findLast(p: A => Boolean): Option[A]

Finds the last element of the sequence satisfying a predicate, if any.

Finds the last element of the sequence satisfying a predicate, if any.

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Value parameters

p

the predicate used to test elements.

Attributes

Returns

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

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
LinearSeqOps
Source
LinearSeq.scala
final override def flatMap[B](f: A => IterableOnce[B]): List[B]

Builds a new list by applying a function to all elements of this list and using the elements of the resulting collections.

Builds a new list by applying a function to all elements of this list and using the elements of the resulting collections.

For example:

def getWords(lines: Seq[String]): Seq[String] = lines flatMap (line => line split "\\W+")

The type of the resulting collection is guided by the static type of list. This might cause unexpected results sometimes. For example:

// lettersOf will return a Seq[Char] of likely repeated letters, instead of a Set
def lettersOf(words: Seq[String]) = words flatMap (word => word.toSet)

// lettersOf will return a Set[Char], not a Seq
def lettersOf(words: Seq[String]) = words.toSet flatMap ((word: String) => word.toSeq)

// xs will be an Iterable[Int]
val xs = Map("a" -> List(11,111), "b" -> List(22,222)).flatMap(_._2)

// ys will be a Map[Int, Int]
val ys = Map("a" -> List(1 -> 11,1 -> 111), "b" -> List(2 -> 22,2 -> 222)).flatMap(_._2)

Type parameters

B

the element type of the returned collection.

Value parameters

f

the function to apply to each element.

Attributes

Returns

a new list resulting from applying the given collection-valued function f to each element of this list and concatenating the results.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
List
Source
List.scala
override def flatten[B](implicit toIterableOnce: A => IterableOnce[B]): List[B]

Converts this iterable collection of iterable collections into a iterable collection formed by the elements of these iterable collections.

Converts this iterable collection of iterable collections into a iterable collection formed by the elements of these iterable collections.

The resulting collection's type will be guided by the type of iterable collection. For example:

val xs = List(
           Set(1, 2, 3),
           Set(1, 2, 3)
         ).flatten
// xs == List(1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3)

val ys = Set(
           List(1, 2, 3),
           List(3, 2, 1)
         ).flatten
// ys == Set(1, 2, 3)

Type parameters

B

the type of the elements of each iterable collection.

Value parameters

asIterable

an implicit conversion which asserts that the element type of this iterable collection is an Iterable.

Attributes

Returns

a new iterable collection resulting from concatenating all element iterable collections.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
StrictOptimizedIterableOps
Source
StrictOptimizedIterableOps.scala
def fold[A1 >: A](z: A1)(op: (A1, A1) => A1): A1

Applies the given binary operator op to the given initial value z and all elements of this collection.

Applies the given binary operator op to the given initial value z and all elements of this collection.

For each application of the operator, each operand is either an element of this collection, the initial value, or another such application of the operator.

The order of applications of the operator is unspecified and may be nondeterministic. Each element appears exactly once in the computation. The initial value may be used an arbitrary number of times, but at least once.

If this collection is ordered, then for any application of the operator, the element(s) appearing in the left operand will precede those in the right.

Note: might return different results for different runs, unless either of the following conditions is met: (1) the operator is associative, and the underlying collection type is ordered; or (2) the operator is associative and commutative. In either case, it is also necessary that the initial value be a neutral value for the operator, e.g. Nil for List concatenation or 1 for multiplication.

The default implementation in IterableOnce is equivalent to foldLeft but may be overridden for more efficient traversal orders.

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Type parameters

A1

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

Value parameters

op

A binary operator; must be associative for the result to always be the same across runs.

z

An initial value; may be used an arbitrary number of times in the computation of the result; must be a neutral value for op for the result to always be the same across runs.

Attributes

Returns

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

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

Applies the given binary operator op to the given initial value z and all elements of this sequence, going left to right.

Applies the given binary operator op to the given initial value z and all elements of this sequence, going left to right. Returns the initial value if this sequence is empty.

"Going left to right" only makes sense if this collection is ordered: then if x1, x2, ..., xn are the elements of this sequence, the result is op( op( ... op( op(z, x1), x2) ... ), xn).

If this collection is not ordered, then for each application of the operator, each right operand is an element. In addition, the leftmost operand is the initial value, and each other left operand is itself an application of the operator. The elements of this sequence and the initial value all appear exactly once in the computation.

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Type parameters

B

The result type of the binary operator.

Value parameters

op

A binary operator.

z

An initial value.

Attributes

Returns

The result of applying op to z and all elements of this sequence, going left to right. Returns z if this sequence is empty.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
LinearSeqOps
Source
LinearSeq.scala
final override def foldRight[B](z: B)(op: (A, B) => B): B

Applies the given binary operator op to all elements of this list and the given initial value z, going right to left.

Applies the given binary operator op to all elements of this list and the given initial value z, going right to left. Returns the initial value if this list is empty.

"Going right to left" only makes sense if this collection is ordered: then if x1, x2, ..., xn are the elements of this list, the result is op(x1, op(x2, op( ... op(xn, z) ... ))).

If this collection is not ordered, then for each application of the operator, each left operand is an element. In addition, the rightmost operand is the initial value, and each other right operand is itself an application of the operator. The elements of this list and the initial value all appear exactly once in the computation.

Type parameters

B

The result type of the binary operator.

Value parameters

op

A binary operator.

z

An initial value.

Attributes

Returns

The result of applying op to all elements of this list and z, going right to left. Returns z if this list is empty.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
List
Source
List.scala
final override def forall(p: A => Boolean): Boolean

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

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

Value parameters

p

the predicate used to test elements.

Attributes

Returns

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

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
List
Source
List.scala
final override def foreach[U](f: A => U): Unit

Applies f to each element for its side effects.

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

Attributes

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
List
Source
List.scala
protected def fromSpecific(coll: IterableOnce[A]): List[A]

Defines how to turn a given Iterable[A] into a collection of type C.

Defines how to turn a given Iterable[A] into a collection of type C.

This process can be done in a strict way or a non-strict way (ie. without evaluating the elements of the resulting collections). In other words, this methods defines the evaluation model of the collection.

Attributes

Note

When implementing a custom collection type and refining C to the new type, this method needs to be overridden (the compiler will issue an error otherwise). In the common case where C =:= CC[A], this can be done by mixing in the scala.collection.IterableFactoryDefaults trait, which implements the method using iterableFactory.

As witnessed by the @uncheckedVariance annotation, using this method might be unsound. However, as long as it is called with an Iterable[A] obtained from this collection (as it is the case in the implementations of operations where we use a View[A]), it is safe.

Inherited from:
IterableFactoryDefaults
Source
Iterable.scala
def groupBy[K](f: A => K): Map[K, List[A]]

Partitions this iterable collection into a map of iterable collections according to some discriminator function.

Partitions this iterable collection into a map of iterable collections according to some discriminator function.

Note: Even when applied to a view or a lazy collection it will always force the elements.

Type parameters

K

the type of keys returned by the discriminator function.

Value parameters

f

the discriminator function.

Attributes

Returns

A map from keys to iterable collections such that the following invariant holds:

(xs groupBy f)(k) = xs filter (x => f(x) == k)

That is, every key k is bound to a iterable collection of those elements x for which f(x) equals k.

Inherited from:
IterableOps
Source
Iterable.scala
def groupMap[K, B](key: A => K)(f: A => B): Map[K, List[B]]

Partitions this iterable collection into a map of iterable collections according to a discriminator function key.

Partitions this iterable collection into a map of iterable collections according to a discriminator function key. Each element in a group is transformed into a value of type B using the value function.

It is equivalent to groupBy(key).mapValues(_.map(f)), but more efficient.

case class User(name: String, age: Int)

def namesByAge(users: Seq[User]): Map[Int, Seq[String]] =
  users.groupMap(_.age)(_.name)

Note: Even when applied to a view or a lazy collection it will always force the elements.

Type parameters

B

the type of values returned by the transformation function

K

the type of keys returned by the discriminator function

Value parameters

f

the element transformation function

key

the discriminator function

Attributes

Inherited from:
IterableOps
Source
Iterable.scala
def groupMapReduce[K, B](key: A => K)(f: A => B)(reduce: (B, B) => B): Map[K, B]

Partitions this iterable collection into a map according to a discriminator function key.

Partitions this iterable collection into a map according to a discriminator function key. All the values that have the same discriminator are then transformed by the f function and then reduced into a single value with the reduce function.

It is equivalent to groupBy(key).mapValues(_.map(f).reduce(reduce)), but more efficient.

def occurrences[A](as: Seq[A]): Map[A, Int] =
  as.groupMapReduce(identity)(_ => 1)(_ + _)

Note: Even when applied to a view or a lazy collection it will always force the elements.

Attributes

Inherited from:
IterableOps
Source
Iterable.scala
def grouped(size: Int): Iterator[List[A]]

Partitions elements in fixed size iterable collections.

Partitions elements in fixed size iterable collections.

Value parameters

size

the number of elements per group

Attributes

Returns

An iterator producing iterable collections of size size, except the last will be less than size size if the elements don't divide evenly.

See also

scala.collection.Iterator, method grouped

Inherited from:
IterableOps
Source
Iterable.scala
override def hashCode(): Int

Calculates a hash code value for the object.

Calculates a hash code value for the object.

The default hashing algorithm is platform dependent.

Note that it is allowed for two objects to have identical hash codes (o1.hashCode.equals(o2.hashCode)) yet not be equal (o1.equals(o2) returns false). A degenerate implementation could always return 0. However, it is required that if two objects are equal (o1.equals(o2) returns true) that they have identical hash codes (o1.hashCode.equals(o2.hashCode)). Therefore, when overriding this method, be sure to verify that the behavior is consistent with the equals method.

Attributes

Returns

the hash code value for this object.

Definition Classes
Seq -> Any
Inherited from:
Seq
Source
Seq.scala
def indexOf[B >: A](elem: B): Int

Finds index of first occurrence of some value in this sequence.

Finds index of first occurrence of some value in this sequence.

Type parameters

B

the type of the element elem.

Value parameters

elem

the element value to search for.

Attributes

Returns

the index >= 0 of the first element of this sequence that is equal (as determined by ==) to elem, or -1, if none exists.

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

Finds index of first occurrence of some value in this sequence after or at some start index.

Finds index of first occurrence of some value in this sequence after or at some start index.

Type parameters

B

the type of the element elem.

Value parameters

elem

the element value to search for.

from

the start index

Attributes

Returns

the index >= from of the first element of this sequence that is equal (as determined by ==) to elem, or -1, if none exists.

Inherited from:
SeqOps
Source
Seq.scala
def indexOfSlice[B >: A](that: Seq[B]): Int

Finds first index where this sequence contains a given sequence as a slice.

Finds first index where this sequence contains a given sequence as a slice.

Note: may not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Value parameters

that

the sequence to test

Attributes

Returns

the first index >= 0 such that the elements of this sequence starting at this index match the elements of sequence that, or -1 if no such subsequence exists.

Inherited from:
SeqOps
Source
Seq.scala
def indexOfSlice[B >: A](that: Seq[B], from: Int): Int

Finds first index after or at a start index where this sequence contains a given sequence as a slice.

Finds first index after or at a start index where this sequence contains a given sequence as a slice.

Note: may not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Value parameters

from

the start index

that

the sequence to test

Attributes

Returns

the first index >= from such that the elements of this sequence starting at this index match the elements of sequence that, or -1 if no such subsequence exists.

Inherited from:
SeqOps
Source
Seq.scala
def indexWhere(p: A => Boolean): Int

Finds index of the first element satisfying some predicate.

Finds index of the first element satisfying some predicate.

Note: may not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Value parameters

p

the predicate used to test elements.

Attributes

Returns

the index >= 0 of the first element of this sequence that satisfies the predicate p, or -1, if none exists.

Inherited from:
SeqOps
Source
Seq.scala
override def indexWhere(p: A => Boolean, from: Int): Int

Finds index of the first element satisfying some predicate after or at some start index.

Finds index of the first element satisfying some predicate after or at some start index.

Note: may not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Value parameters

from

the start index

p

the predicate used to test elements.

Attributes

Returns

the index >= from of the first element of this sequence that satisfies the predicate p, or -1, if none exists.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
LinearSeqOps
Source
LinearSeq.scala
def indices: Range

Produces the range of all indices of this sequence.

Produces the range of all indices of this sequence.

Note: Even when applied to a view or a lazy collection it will always force the elements.

Attributes

Returns

a Range value from 0 to one less than the length of this sequence.

Inherited from:
SeqOps
Source
Seq.scala
def init: List[A]

The initial part of the collection without its last element.

The initial part of the collection without its last element.

Note: Even when applied to a view or a lazy collection it will always force the elements.

Attributes

Inherited from:
IterableOps
Source
Iterable.scala
def inits: Iterator[List[A]]

Iterates over the inits of this iterable collection.

Iterates over the inits of this iterable collection. The first value will be this iterable collection and the final one will be an empty iterable collection, with the intervening values the results of successive applications of init.

Note: Even when applied to a view or a lazy collection it will always force the elements.

Attributes

Returns

an iterator over all the inits of this iterable collection

Example

List(1,2,3).inits = Iterator(List(1,2,3), List(1,2), List(1), Nil)

Inherited from:
IterableOps
Source
Iterable.scala
override def intersect[B >: A](that: Seq[B]): List[A]

Computes the multiset intersection between this sequence and another sequence.

Computes the multiset intersection between this sequence and another sequence.

Value parameters

that

the sequence of elements to intersect with.

Attributes

Returns

a new sequence which contains all elements of this sequence which also appear in that. If an element value x appears n times in that, then the first n occurrences of x will be retained in the result, but any following occurrences will be omitted.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
StrictOptimizedSeqOps
Source
StrictOptimizedSeqOps.scala
override def isDefinedAt(x: Int): Boolean

Tests whether this sequence contains given index.

Tests whether this sequence contains given index.

The implementations of methods apply and isDefinedAt turn a Seq[A] into a PartialFunction[Int, A].

Value parameters

idx

the index to test

Attributes

Returns

true if this sequence contains an element at position idx, false otherwise.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
LinearSeqOps
Source
LinearSeq.scala
final override def isEmpty: Boolean

Tests whether the list is empty.

Tests whether the list is empty.

Note: The default implementation creates and discards an iterator.

Note: Implementations in subclasses that are not repeatedly iterable must take care not to consume any elements when isEmpty is called.

Note: *Must* be overridden in subclasses. The default implementation that is inherited from SeqOps uses lengthCompare, which is defined here to use isEmpty.

Attributes

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
List
Source
List.scala
override def isTraversableAgain: Boolean

Tests whether this iterable collection can be repeatedly traversed.

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

Attributes

Returns

true if it is repeatedly traversable, false otherwise.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
IterableOps
Source
Iterable.scala

The companion object of this list, providing various factory methods.

The companion object of this list, providing various factory methods.

Attributes

Note

When implementing a custom collection type and refining CC to the new type, this method needs to be overridden to return a factory for the new type (the compiler will issue an error otherwise).

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
List
Source
List.scala
override def iterator: Iterator[A]

An scala.collection.Iterator over the elements of this sequence.

An scala.collection.Iterator over the elements of this sequence.

If an IterableOnce object is in fact an scala.collection.Iterator, this method always returns itself, in its current state, but if it is an scala.collection.Iterable, this method always returns a new scala.collection.Iterator.

Attributes

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
StrictOptimizedLinearSeqOps
Source
LinearSeq.scala
def knownSize: Int

The number of elements in this collection, if it can be cheaply computed, -1 otherwise.

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

Attributes

Inherited from:
IterableOnce
Source
IterableOnce.scala
override def last: A

Selects the last element.

Selects the last element.

Attributes

Returns

The last element of this list.

Throws

NoSuchElementException If the list is empty.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
List
Source
List.scala
def lastIndexOf[B >: A](elem: B, end: Int): Int

Finds index of last occurrence of some value in this sequence before or at a given end index.

Finds index of last occurrence of some value in this sequence before or at a given end index.

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Type parameters

B

the type of the element elem.

Value parameters

elem

the element value to search for.

end

the end index.

Attributes

Returns

the index <= end of the last element of this sequence that is equal (as determined by ==) to elem, or -1, if none exists.

Inherited from:
SeqOps
Source
Seq.scala
def lastIndexOfSlice[B >: A](that: Seq[B]): Int

Finds last index where this sequence contains a given sequence as a slice.

Finds last index where this sequence contains a given sequence as a slice.

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Value parameters

that

the sequence to test

Attributes

Returns

the last index such that the elements of this sequence starting at this index match the elements of sequence that, or -1 if no such subsequence exists.

Inherited from:
SeqOps
Source
Seq.scala
def lastIndexOfSlice[B >: A](that: Seq[B], end: Int): Int

Finds last index before or at a given end index where this sequence contains a given sequence as a slice.

Finds last index before or at a given end index where this sequence contains a given sequence as a slice.

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Value parameters

end

the end index

that

the sequence to test

Attributes

Returns

the last index <= end such that the elements of this sequence starting at this index match the elements of sequence that, or -1 if no such subsequence exists.

Inherited from:
SeqOps
Source
Seq.scala
def lastIndexWhere(p: A => Boolean): Int

Finds index of last element satisfying some predicate.

Finds index of last element satisfying some predicate.

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Value parameters

p

the predicate used to test elements.

Attributes

Returns

the index of the last element of this sequence that satisfies the predicate p, or -1, if none exists.

Inherited from:
SeqOps
Source
Seq.scala
override def lastIndexWhere(p: A => Boolean, end: Int): Int

Finds index of last element satisfying some predicate before or at given end index.

Finds index of last element satisfying some predicate before or at given end index.

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Value parameters

p

the predicate used to test elements.

Attributes

Returns

the index <= end of the last element of this sequence that satisfies the predicate p, or -1, if none exists.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
LinearSeqOps
Source
LinearSeq.scala
def lastOption: Option[A]

Optionally selects the last element.

Optionally selects the last element.

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

Attributes

Returns

the last element of this iterable collection$ if it is nonempty, None if it is empty.

Inherited from:
IterableOps
Source
Iterable.scala
def lazyZip[B](that: Iterable[B]): LazyZip2[A, B, Iterable.this.type]

Analogous to zip except that the elements in each collection are not consumed until a strict operation is invoked on the returned LazyZip2 decorator.

Analogous to zip except that the elements in each collection are not consumed until a strict operation is invoked on the returned LazyZip2 decorator.

Calls to lazyZip can be chained to support higher arities (up to 4) without incurring the expense of constructing and deconstructing intermediary tuples.

val xs = List(1, 2, 3)
val res = (xs lazyZip xs lazyZip xs lazyZip xs).map((a, b, c, d) => a + b + c + d)
// res == List(4, 8, 12)

Type parameters

B

the type of the second element in each eventual pair

Value parameters

that

the iterable providing the second element of each eventual pair

Attributes

Returns

a decorator LazyZip2 that allows strict operations to be performed on the lazily evaluated pairs or chained calls to lazyZip. Implicit conversion to Iterable[(A, B)] is also supported.

Inherited from:
Iterable
Source
Iterable.scala
final override def length: Int

The length (number of elements) of the list.

The length (number of elements) of the list. size is an alias for length in Seq collections.

Attributes

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
List
Source
List.scala
final override def lengthCompare(len: Int): Int

Compares the length of this list to a test value.

Compares the length of this list to a test value.

Value parameters

len

the test value that gets compared with the length.

Attributes

Returns

A value x where

x <  0       if this.length <  len
x == 0       if this.length == len
x >  0       if this.length >  len

The method as implemented here does not call length directly; its running time is O(length min len) instead of O(length). The method should be overridden if computing length is cheap and knownSize returns -1.

See also
Definition Classes
Inherited from:
List
Source
List.scala
override def lengthCompare(that: Iterable[_]): Int

Compares the length of this sequence to the size of another Iterable.

Compares the length of this sequence to the size of another Iterable.

Value parameters

that

the Iterable whose size is compared with this sequence's length.

Attributes

Returns

A value x where

x <  0       if this.length <  that.size
x == 0       if this.length == that.size
x >  0       if this.length >  that.size

The method as implemented here does not call length or size directly; its running time is O(this.length min that.size) instead of O(this.length + that.size). The method should be overridden if computing size is cheap and knownSize returns -1.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
LinearSeqOps
Source
LinearSeq.scala

Returns a value class containing operations for comparing the length of this sequence to a test value.

Returns a value class containing operations for comparing the length of this sequence to a test value.

These operations are implemented in terms of lengthCompare(Int), and allow the following more readable usages:

this.lengthIs < len     // this.lengthCompare(len) < 0
this.lengthIs <= len    // this.lengthCompare(len) <= 0
this.lengthIs == len    // this.lengthCompare(len) == 0
this.lengthIs != len    // this.lengthCompare(len) != 0
this.lengthIs >= len    // this.lengthCompare(len) >= 0
this.lengthIs > len     // this.lengthCompare(len) > 0

Attributes

Inherited from:
SeqOps
Source
Seq.scala
def lift: Int => Option[A]

Turns this partial function into a plain function returning an Option result.

Turns this partial function into a plain function returning an Option result.

Attributes

Returns

a function that takes an argument x to Some(this(x)) if this is defined for x, and to None otherwise.

See also

Function.unlift

Inherited from:
PartialFunction
Source
PartialFunction.scala
final override def map[B](f: A => B): List[B]

Builds a new list by applying a function to all elements of this list.

Builds a new list by applying a function to all elements of this list.

Type parameters

B

the element type of the returned list.

Value parameters

f

the function to apply to each element.

Attributes

Returns

a new list resulting from applying the given function f to each element of this list and collecting the results.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
List
Source
List.scala
final def mapConserve[B >: A <: AnyRef](f: A => B): List[B]

Builds a new list by applying a function to all elements of this list.

Builds a new list by applying a function to all elements of this list. Like xs map f, but returns xs unchanged if function f maps all elements to themselves (as determined by eq).

Type parameters

B

the element type of the returned collection.

Value parameters

f

the function to apply to each element.

Attributes

Returns

a list resulting from applying the given function f to each element of this list and collecting the results.

Inherited from:
List
Source
List.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.

Attributes

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 ord: 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.

Attributes

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 ord: 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.

Attributes

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.

Attributes

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.

Attributes

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 ord: 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.

Attributes

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 ord: 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.

Attributes

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.

Attributes

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.

Attributes

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.

Attributes

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.

Attributes

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
protected def newSpecificBuilder: Builder[A, List[A]]

Attributes

Returns

a strict builder for the same collection type. Note that in the case of lazy collections (e.g. scala.collection.View or scala.collection.immutable.LazyList), it is possible to implement this method but the resulting Builder will break laziness. As a consequence, operations should preferably be implemented with fromSpecific instead of this method.

Note

When implementing a custom collection type and refining C to the new type, this method needs to be overridden (the compiler will issue an error otherwise). In the common case where C =:= CC[A], this can be done by mixing in the scala.collection.IterableFactoryDefaults trait, which implements the method using iterableFactory.

As witnessed by the @uncheckedVariance annotation, using this method might be unsound. However, as long as the returned builder is only fed with A values taken from this instance, it is safe.

Inherited from:
IterableFactoryDefaults
Source
Iterable.scala

Tests whether the collection is not empty.

Tests whether the collection is not empty.

Attributes

Returns

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

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source
IterableOnce.scala
def orElse[A1 <: Int, B1 >: A](that: PartialFunction[A1, B1]): PartialFunction[A1, B1]

Composes this partial function with a fallback partial function which gets applied where this partial function is not defined.

Composes this partial function with a fallback partial function which gets applied where this partial function is not defined.

Type parameters

A1

the argument type of the fallback function

B1

the result type of the fallback function

Value parameters

that

the fallback function

Attributes

Returns

a partial function which has as domain the union of the domains of this partial function and that. The resulting partial function takes x to this(x) where this is defined, and to that(x) where it is not.

Inherited from:
PartialFunction
Source
PartialFunction.scala
override def padTo[B >: A](len: Int, elem: B): List[B]

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

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

Type parameters

B

the element type of the returned sequence.

Value parameters

elem

the padding value

len

the target length

Attributes

Returns

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

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
StrictOptimizedSeqOps
Source
StrictOptimizedSeqOps.scala
override def partition(p: A => Boolean): (List[A], List[A])

A pair of, first, all elements that satisfy predicate p and, second, all elements that do not.

A pair of, first, all elements that satisfy predicate p and, second, all elements that do not. Interesting because it splits a collection in two.

The default implementation provided here needs to traverse the collection twice. Strict collections have an overridden version of partition in StrictOptimizedIterableOps, which requires only a single traversal.

Attributes

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
List
Source
List.scala
override def partitionMap[A1, A2](f: A => Either[A1, A2]): (List[A1], List[A2])

Applies a function f to each element of the iterable collection and returns a pair of iterable collections: the first one made of those values returned by f that were wrapped in scala.util.Left, and the second one made of those wrapped in scala.util.Right.

Applies a function f to each element of the iterable collection and returns a pair of iterable collections: the first one made of those values returned by f that were wrapped in scala.util.Left, and the second one made of those wrapped in scala.util.Right.

Example:

val xs = Iterable(1, "one", 2, "two", 3, "three") partitionMap {
 case i: Int => Left(i)
 case s: String => Right(s)
}
// xs == (Iterable(1, 2, 3),
//        Iterable(one, two, three))

Type parameters

A1

the element type of the first resulting collection

A2

the element type of the second resulting collection

Value parameters

f

the 'split function' mapping the elements of this iterable collection to an scala.util.Either

Attributes

Returns

a pair of iterable collections: the first one made of those values returned by f that were wrapped in scala.util.Left, and the second one made of those wrapped in scala.util.Right.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
StrictOptimizedIterableOps
Source
StrictOptimizedIterableOps.scala
override def patch[B >: A](from: Int, other: IterableOnce[B], replaced: Int): List[B]

Produces a new sequence where a slice of elements in this sequence is replaced by another sequence.

Produces a new sequence where a slice of elements in this sequence is replaced by another sequence.

Patching at negative indices is the same as patching starting at 0. Patching at indices at or larger than the length of the original sequence appends the patch to the end. If the replaced count would exceed the available elements, the difference in excess is ignored.

Type parameters

B

the element type of the returned sequence.

Value parameters

from

the index of the first replaced element

other

the replacement sequence

replaced

the number of elements to drop in the original sequence

Attributes

Returns

a new sequence consisting of all elements of this sequence except that replaced elements starting from from are replaced by all the elements of other.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
StrictOptimizedSeqOps
Source
StrictOptimizedSeqOps.scala

Iterates over distinct permutations of elements.

Iterates over distinct permutations of elements.

Note: Even when applied to a view or a lazy collection it will always force the elements.

Attributes

Returns

An Iterator which traverses the distinct permutations of this sequence.

Example

Seq('a', 'b', 'b').permutations.foreach(println)
// List(a, b, b)
// List(b, a, b)
// List(b, b, a)
Inherited from:
SeqOps
Source
Seq.scala
override def prepended[B >: A](elem: B): List[B]

A copy of the list with an element prepended.

A copy of the list with an element prepended.

Also, the original list is not modified, so you will want to capture the result.

Example:

scala> val x = List(1)
x: List[Int] = List(1)

scala> val y = 2 +: x
y: List[Int] = List(2, 1)

scala> println(x)
List(1)

Type parameters

B

the element type of the returned list.

Value parameters

elem

the prepended element

Attributes

Returns

a new list consisting of value followed by all elements of this list.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
List
Source
List.scala
override def prependedAll[B >: A](prefix: IterableOnce[B]): List[B]

As with :++, returns a new collection containing the elements from the left operand followed by the elements from the right operand.

As with :++, returns a new collection containing the elements from the left operand followed by the elements from the right operand.

It differs from :++ in that the right operand determines the type of the resulting collection rather than the left one. Mnemonic: the COLon is on the side of the new COLlection type.

Type parameters

B

the element type of the returned collection.

Value parameters

prefix

the iterable to prepend.

Attributes

Returns

a new list which contains all elements of prefix followed by all the elements of this list.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
List
Source
List.scala
def product[B >: A](implicit num: Numeric[B]): B

Multiplies together the elements of this collection.

Multiplies together the elements of this collection.

The default implementation uses reduce for a known non-empty collection, foldLeft otherwise.

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.

Attributes

Returns

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

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source
IterableOnce.scala

An iterator over the names of all the elements of this product.

An iterator over the names of all the elements of this product.

Attributes

Inherited from:
Product
Source
Product.scala

An iterator over all the elements of this product.

An iterator over all the elements of this product.

Attributes

Returns

in the default implementation, an Iterator[Any]

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

Applies the given binary operator op to all elements of this collection.

Applies the given binary operator op to all elements of this collection.

For each application of the operator, each operand is either an element of this collection or another such application of the operator. The order of applications of the operator is unspecified and may be nondeterministic. Each element appears exactly once in the computation.

If this collection is ordered, then for any application of the operator, the element(s) appearing in the left operand will precede those in the right.

Note: might return different results for different runs, unless either of the following conditions is met: (1) the operator is associative, and the underlying collection type is ordered; or (2) the operator is associative and commutative.

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Type parameters

B

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

Value parameters

op

A binary operator; must be associative for the result to always be the same across runs.

Attributes

Returns

The result of applying 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 the given binary operator op to all elements of this collection, going left to right.

Applies the given binary operator op to all elements of this collection, going left to right.

"Going left to right" only makes sense if this collection is ordered: then if x1, x2, ..., xn are the elements of this collection, the result is op( op( op( ... op(x1, x2) ... ), xn-1), xn).

If this collection is not ordered, then for each application of the operator, each right operand is an element. In addition, the leftmost operand is the first element of this collection and each other left operand is itself an application of the operator. Each element appears exactly once in the computation.

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

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Type parameters

B

The result type of the binary operator, a supertype of A.

Value parameters

op

A binary operator.

Attributes

Returns

The result of applying op to all elements of this collection, going left to right.

Throws

UnsupportedOperationException if this collection is empty.

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

If this collection is nonempty, reduces it with the given binary operator op, going left to right.

If this collection is nonempty, reduces it with the given binary operator op, going left to right.

The behavior is the same as reduceLeft except that the value is None if the collection is empty. Each element appears exactly once in the computation.

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

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Type parameters

B

The result type of the binary operator, a supertype of A.

Value parameters

op

A binary operator.

Attributes

Returns

The result of reducing this collection with op going left to right if the collection is nonempty, inside a Some, and None otherwise.

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

If this collection is nonempty, reduces it with the given binary operator op.

If this collection is nonempty, reduces it with the given binary operator op.

The behavior is the same as reduce except that the value is None if the collection is empty. The order of applications of the operator is unspecified and may be nondeterministic. Each element appears exactly once in the computation.

Note: might return different results for different runs, unless either of the following conditions is met: (1) the operator is associative, and the underlying collection type is ordered; or (2) the operator is associative and commutative.

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Type parameters

B

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

Value parameters

op

A binary operator; must be associative for the result to always be the same across runs.

Attributes

Returns

The result of reducing this collection with op if the collection is nonempty, inside a Some, and None otherwise.

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

Applies the given binary operator op to all elements of this collection, going right to left.

Applies the given binary operator op to all elements of this collection, going right to left.

"Going right to left" only makes sense if this collection is ordered: then if x1, x2, ..., xn are the elements of this collection, the result is op(x1, op(x2, op( ... op(xn-1, xn) ... ))).

If this collection is not ordered, then for each application of the operator, each left operand is an element. In addition, the rightmost operand is the last element of this collection and each other right operand is itself an application of the operator. Each element appears exactly once in the computation.

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

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Type parameters

B

The result type of the binary operator, a supertype of A.

Value parameters

op

A binary operator.

Attributes

Returns

The result of applying op to all elements of this collection, going right to left.

Throws

UnsupportedOperationException if this collection is empty.

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

If this collection is nonempty, reduces it with the given binary operator op, going right to left.

If this collection is nonempty, reduces it with the given binary operator op, going right to left.

The behavior is the same as reduceRight except that the value is None if the collection is empty. Each element appears exactly once in the computation.

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

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Type parameters

B

The result type of the binary operator, a supertype of A.

Value parameters

op

A binary operator.

Attributes

Returns

The result of reducing this collection with op going right to left if the collection is nonempty, inside a Some, and None otherwise.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source
IterableOnce.scala
final override def reverse: List[A]

Returns a new list with the elements of this list in reverse order.

Returns a new list with the elements of this list in reverse order.

Note: Even when applied to a view or a lazy collection it will always force the elements.

Attributes

Returns

a new list with all elements of this list in reverse order.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
List
Source
List.scala

An iterator yielding the elements of this sequence in reverse order.

An iterator yielding the elements of this sequence in reverse order.

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Note: xs.reverseIterator is the same as xs.reverse.iterator but might be more efficient.

Attributes

Returns

an iterator yielding the elements of this sequence in reverse order.

Inherited from:
SeqOps
Source
Seq.scala
def reverse_:::[B >: A](prefix: List[B]): List[B]

Adds the elements of a given list in reverse order in front of this list.

Adds the elements of a given list in reverse order in front of this list. xs reverse_::: ys is equivalent to xs.reverse ::: ys but is more efficient.

Value parameters

prefix

the prefix to reverse and then prepend

Attributes

Returns

the concatenation of the reversed prefix and the current list.

Inherited from:
List
Source
List.scala
protected def reversed: Iterable[A]

Attributes

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source
IterableOnce.scala
def runWith[U](action: A => U): Int => Boolean

Composes this partial function with an action function which gets applied to results of this partial function.

Composes this partial function with an action function which gets applied to results of this partial function. The action function is invoked only for its side effects; its result is ignored.

Note that expression pf.runWith(action)(x) is equivalent to

if(pf isDefinedAt x) { action(pf(x)); true } else false

except that runWith is implemented via applyOrElse and thus potentially more efficient. Using runWith avoids double evaluation of pattern matchers and guards for partial function literals.

Value parameters

action

the action function

Attributes

Returns

a function which maps arguments x to isDefinedAt(x). The resulting function runs action(this(x)) where this is defined.

See also

applyOrElse.

Inherited from:
PartialFunction
Source
PartialFunction.scala
override def sameElements[B >: A](that: IterableOnce[B]): Boolean

Tests whether the elements of this collection are the same (and in the same order) as those of that.

Tests whether the elements of this collection are the same (and in the same order) as those of that.

Attributes

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
LinearSeqOps
Source
LinearSeq.scala
def scan[B >: A](z: B)(op: (B, B) => B): List[B]

Computes a prefix scan of the elements of the collection.

Computes a prefix scan of the elements of the collection.

Note: The neutral element z may be applied more than once.

Type parameters

B

element type of the resulting collection

Value parameters

op

the associative operator for the scan

z

neutral element for the operator op

Attributes

Returns

a new iterable collection containing the prefix scan of the elements in this iterable collection

Inherited from:
IterableOps
Source
Iterable.scala
override def scanLeft[B](z: B)(op: (B, A) => B): List[B]

Produces a iterable collection containing cumulative results of applying the operator going left to right, including the initial value.

Produces a iterable collection containing cumulative results of applying the operator going left to right, including the initial value.

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

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

Type parameters

B

the type of the elements in the resulting collection

Value parameters

op

the binary operator applied to the intermediate result and the element

z

the initial value

Attributes

Returns

collection with intermediate results

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
StrictOptimizedIterableOps
Source
StrictOptimizedIterableOps.scala
def scanRight[B](z: B)(op: (A, B) => B): List[B]

Produces a collection containing cumulative results of applying the operator going right to left.

Produces a collection containing cumulative results of applying the operator going right to left. The head of the collection is the last cumulative result.

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

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

Note: Even when applied to a view or a lazy collection it will always force the elements.

Example:

List(1, 2, 3, 4).scanRight(0)(_ + _) == List(10, 9, 7, 4, 0)

Type parameters

B

the type of the elements in the resulting collection

Value parameters

op

the binary operator applied to the intermediate result and the element

z

the initial value

Attributes

Returns

collection with intermediate results

Inherited from:
IterableOps
Source
Iterable.scala
def search[B >: A](elem: B, from: Int, to: Int)(implicit ord: Ordering[B]): SearchResult

Searches within an interval in this sorted sequence for a specific element.

Searches within an interval in this sorted sequence for a specific element. If this sequence is an IndexedSeq, a binary search is used. Otherwise, a linear search is used.

The sequence should be sorted with the same Ordering before calling; otherwise, the results are undefined.

Value parameters

elem

the element to find.

from

the index where the search starts.

ord

the ordering to be used to compare elements.

to

the index following where the search ends.

Attributes

Returns

a Found value containing the index corresponding to the element in the sequence, or the InsertionPoint where the element would be inserted if the element is not in the sequence.

See also
Note

if to <= from, the search space is empty, and an InsertionPoint at from is returned

Inherited from:
SeqOps
Source
Seq.scala
def search[B >: A](elem: B)(implicit ord: Ordering[B]): SearchResult

Searches this sorted sequence for a specific element.

Searches this sorted sequence for a specific element. If the sequence is an IndexedSeq, a binary search is used. Otherwise, a linear search is used.

The sequence should be sorted with the same Ordering before calling; otherwise, the results are undefined.

Value parameters

elem

the element to find.

ord

the ordering to be used to compare elements.

Attributes

Returns

a Found value containing the index corresponding to the element in the sequence, or the InsertionPoint where the element would be inserted if the element is not in the sequence.

See also
Inherited from:
SeqOps
Source
Seq.scala
override def segmentLength(p: A => Boolean, from: Int): Int

Computes the length of the longest segment that starts from some index and whose elements all satisfy some predicate.

Computes the length of the longest segment that starts from some index and whose elements all satisfy some predicate.

Note: may not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Value parameters

from

the index where the search starts.

p

the predicate used to test elements.

Attributes

Returns

the length of the longest segment of this sequence starting from index from such that every element of the segment satisfies the predicate p.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
LinearSeqOps
Source
LinearSeq.scala
final def segmentLength(p: A => Boolean): Int

Computes the length of the longest segment that starts from the first element and whose elements all satisfy some predicate.

Computes the length of the longest segment that starts from the first element and whose elements all satisfy some predicate.

Note: may not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Value parameters

p

the predicate used to test elements.

Attributes

Returns

the length of the longest segment of this sequence that starts from the first element such that every element of the segment satisfies the predicate p.

Inherited from:
SeqOps
Source
Seq.scala
final override def size: Int

The size of this sequence.

The size of this sequence.

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Attributes

Returns

the number of elements in this sequence.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
SeqOps
Source
Seq.scala
final override def sizeCompare(that: Iterable[_]): Int

Compares the size of this sequence to the size of another Iterable.

Compares the size of this sequence to the size of another Iterable.

Value parameters

that

the Iterable whose size is compared with this sequence's size.

Attributes

Returns

A value x where

x <  0       if this.size <  that.size
x == 0       if this.size == that.size
x >  0       if this.size >  that.size

The method as implemented here does not call size directly; its running time is O(this.size min that.size) instead of O(this.size + that.size). The method should be overridden if computing size is cheap and knownSize returns -1.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
SeqOps
Source
Seq.scala
final override def sizeCompare(otherSize: Int): Int

Compares the size of this sequence to a test value.

Compares the size of this sequence to a test value.

Value parameters

otherSize

the test value that gets compared with the size.

Attributes

Returns

A value x where

x <  0       if this.size <  otherSize
x == 0       if this.size == otherSize
x >  0       if this.size >  otherSize

The method as implemented here does not call size directly; its running time is O(size min otherSize) instead of O(size). The method should be overridden if computing size is cheap and knownSize returns -1.

See also
Definition Classes
Inherited from:
SeqOps
Source
Seq.scala
final def sizeIs: SizeCompareOps

Returns a value class containing operations for comparing the size of this iterable collection to a test value.

Returns a value class containing operations for comparing the size of this iterable collection to a test value.

These operations are implemented in terms of sizeCompare(Int), and allow the following more readable usages:

this.sizeIs < size     // this.sizeCompare(size) < 0
this.sizeIs <= size    // this.sizeCompare(size) <= 0
this.sizeIs == size    // this.sizeCompare(size) == 0
this.sizeIs != size    // this.sizeCompare(size) != 0
this.sizeIs >= size    // this.sizeCompare(size) >= 0
this.sizeIs > size     // this.sizeCompare(size) > 0

Attributes

Inherited from:
IterableOps
Source
Iterable.scala
override def slice(from: Int, until: Int): List[A]

Selects an interval of elements.

Selects an interval of elements. The returned list is made up of all elements x which satisfy the invariant:

from <= indexOf(x) < until

Attributes

Example

// Given a list
val letters = List('a','b','c','d','e')
// `slice` returns all elements beginning at index `from` and afterwards,
// up until index `until` (excluding index `until`.)
letters.slice(1,3) // Returns List('b','c')
Definition Classes
Inherited from:
List
Source
List.scala
def sliding(size: Int, step: Int): Iterator[List[A]]

Groups elements in fixed size blocks by passing a "sliding window" over them (as opposed to partitioning them, as is done in grouped.)

Groups elements in fixed size blocks by passing a "sliding window" over them (as opposed to partitioning them, as is done in grouped.)

The returned iterator will be empty when called on an empty collection. The last element the iterator produces may be smaller than the window size when the original collection isn't exhausted by the window before it and its last element isn't skipped by the step before it.

Value parameters

size

the number of elements per group

step

the distance between the first elements of successive groups

Attributes

Returns

An iterator producing iterable collections of size size, except the last element (which may be the only element) will be smaller if there are fewer than size elements remaining to be grouped.

See also

scala.collection.Iterator, method sliding

Example

List(1, 2, 3, 4, 5).sliding(2, 2) = Iterator(List(1, 2), List(3, 4), List(5))

List(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).sliding(2, 3) = Iterator(List(1, 2), List(4, 5))

Inherited from:
IterableOps
Source
Iterable.scala
def sliding(size: Int): Iterator[List[A]]

Groups elements in fixed size blocks by passing a "sliding window" over them (as opposed to partitioning them, as is done in grouped.)

Groups elements in fixed size blocks by passing a "sliding window" over them (as opposed to partitioning them, as is done in grouped.)

An empty collection returns an empty iterator, and a non-empty collection containing fewer elements than the window size returns an iterator that will produce the original collection as its only element.

Value parameters

size

the number of elements per group

Attributes

Returns

An iterator producing iterable collections of size size, except for a non-empty collection with less than size elements, which returns an iterator that produces the source collection itself as its only element.

See also

scala.collection.Iterator, method sliding

Example

List().sliding(2) = empty iterator

List(1).sliding(2) = Iterator(List(1))

List(1, 2).sliding(2) = Iterator(List(1, 2))

List(1, 2, 3).sliding(2) = Iterator(List(1, 2), List(2, 3))

Inherited from:
IterableOps
Source
Iterable.scala
def sortBy[B](f: A => B)(implicit ord: Ordering[B]): List[A]

Sorts this sequence according to the Ordering which results from transforming an implicitly given Ordering with a transformation function.

Sorts this sequence according to the Ordering which results from transforming an implicitly given Ordering with a transformation function.

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Note: Even when applied to a view or a lazy collection it will always force the elements.

The sort is stable. That is, elements that are equal (as determined by ord.compare) appear in the same order in the sorted sequence as in the original.

Type parameters

B

the target type of the transformation f, and the type where the ordering ord is defined.

Value parameters

f

the transformation function mapping elements to some other domain B.

ord

the ordering assumed on domain B.

Attributes

Returns

a sequence consisting of the elements of this sequence sorted according to the ordering where x < y if ord.lt(f(x), f(y)).

See also
Example

val words = "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog".split(' ')
// this works because scala.Ordering will implicitly provide an Ordering[Tuple2[Int, Char]]
words.sortBy(x => (x.length, x.head))
res0: Array[String] = Array(The, dog, fox, the, lazy, over, brown, quick, jumped)
Inherited from:
SeqOps
Source
Seq.scala
def sortWith(lt: (A, A) => Boolean): List[A]

Sorts this sequence according to a comparison function.

Sorts this sequence according to a comparison function.

Note: will not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Note: Even when applied to a view or a lazy collection it will always force the elements.

The sort is stable. That is, elements that are equal (lt returns false for both directions of comparison) appear in the same order in the sorted sequence as in the original.

Value parameters

lt

a predicate that is true if its first argument strictly precedes its second argument in the desired ordering.

Attributes

Returns

a sequence consisting of the elements of this sequence sorted according to the comparison function lt.

Example

List("Steve", "Bobby", "Tom", "John", "Bob").sortWith((x, y) => x.take(3).compareTo(y.take(3)) < 0) =
List("Bobby", "Bob", "John", "Steve", "Tom")
Inherited from:
SeqOps
Source
Seq.scala
override def sorted[B >: A](implicit ord: Ordering[B]): List[A]

Sorts this sequence according to an Ordering.

Sorts this sequence according to an Ordering.

The sort is stable. That is, elements that are equal (as determined by ord.compare) appear in the same order in the sorted sequence as in the original.

Value parameters

ord

the ordering to be used to compare elements.

Attributes

Returns

a sequence consisting of the elements of this sequence sorted according to the ordering ord.

See also

scala.math.Ordering Note: Even when applied to a view or a lazy collection it will always force the elements.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
StrictOptimizedSeqOps
Source
StrictOptimizedSeqOps.scala
final override def span(p: A => Boolean): (List[A], List[A])

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

Splits this list 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.

Value parameters

p

the test predicate

Attributes

Returns

a pair consisting of the longest prefix of this list whose elements all satisfy p, and the rest of this list.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
List
Source
List.scala
override def splitAt(n: Int): (List[A], List[A])

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

Splits this list 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).

Value parameters

n

the position at which to split.

Attributes

Returns

a pair of lists consisting of the first n elements of this list, and the other elements.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
List
Source
List.scala
def startsWith[B >: A](that: IterableOnce[B], offset: Int): Boolean

Tests whether this sequence contains the given sequence at a given index.

Tests whether this sequence contains the given sequence at a given index.

Note: If the both the receiver object this and the argument that are infinite sequences this method may not terminate.

Value parameters

offset

the index where the sequence is searched.

that

the sequence to test

Attributes

Returns

true if the sequence that is contained in this sequence at index offset, otherwise false.

Inherited from:
SeqOps
Source
Seq.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.

Attributes

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

Sums the elements of this collection.

Sums the elements of this collection.

The default implementation uses reduce for a known non-empty collection, foldLeft otherwise.

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.

Attributes

Returns

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

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source
IterableOnce.scala
override def tails: Iterator[List[A]]

Iterates over the tails of this sequence.

Iterates over the tails of this sequence. The first value will be this sequence and the final one will be an empty sequence, with the intervening values the results of successive applications of tail.

Attributes

Returns

an iterator over all the tails of this sequence

Example

List(1,2,3).tails = Iterator(List(1,2,3), List(2,3), List(3), Nil)

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
LinearSeqOps
Source
LinearSeq.scala
override def take(n: Int): List[A]

Selects the first n elements.

Selects the first n elements.

Value parameters

n

the number of elements to take from this list.

Attributes

Returns

a list consisting only of the first n elements of this list, or else the whole list, if it has less than n elements. If n is negative, returns an empty list.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
List
Source
List.scala
override def takeRight(n: Int): List[A]

A collection containing the last n elements of this collection.

A collection containing the last n elements of this collection.

Note: Even when applied to a view or a lazy collection it will always force the elements.

Attributes

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
List
Source
List.scala
final override def takeWhile(p: A => Boolean): List[A]

Takes longest prefix of elements that satisfy a predicate.

Takes longest prefix of elements that satisfy a predicate.

Value parameters

p

The predicate used to test elements.

Attributes

Returns

the longest prefix of this list whose elements all satisfy the predicate p.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
List
Source
List.scala
override def tapEach[U](f: A => U): List[A]

Applies a side-effecting function to each element in this collection.

Applies a side-effecting function to each element in this collection. Strict collections will apply f to their elements immediately, while lazy collections like Views and LazyLists will only apply f on each element if and when that element is evaluated, and each time that element is evaluated.

Type parameters

U

the return type of f

Value parameters

f

a function to apply to each element in this iterable collection

Attributes

Returns

The same logical collection as this

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
StrictOptimizedIterableOps
Source
StrictOptimizedIterableOps.scala
def to[C1](factory: Factory[A, C1]): C1

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

Given a collection factory factory, converts 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]

Attributes

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

Converts this collection to an Array.

Converts this collection to an Array.

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

Type parameters

B

The type of elements of the result, a supertype of A.

Attributes

Returns

This collection as an Array[B].

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source
IterableOnce.scala
final def toBuffer[B >: A]: Buffer[B]

Converts this collection to a Buffer.

Converts this collection to a Buffer.

Type parameters

B

The type of elements of the result, a supertype of A.

Attributes

Returns

This collection as a Buffer[B].

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source
IterableOnce.scala

Converts this collection to an IndexedSeq.

Converts this collection to an IndexedSeq.

Attributes

Returns

This collection as an IndexedSeq[A].

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source
IterableOnce.scala
final override def toList: List[A]

Converts this list to a List.

Converts this list to a List.

Attributes

Returns

This list as a List[A].

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
List
Source
List.scala
def toMap[K, V](implicit ev: A <:< (K, V)): Map[K, V]

Converts this collection to a Map, given an implicit coercion from the collection's type to a key-value tuple.

Converts this collection to a Map, given an implicit coercion from the collection's type to a key-value tuple.

Type parameters

K

The key type for the resulting map.

V

The value type for the resulting map.

Value parameters

ev

An implicit coercion from A to [K, V].

Attributes

Returns

This collection as a Map[K, V].

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source
IterableOnce.scala
final override def toSeq: Seq.this.type

Attributes

Returns

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

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
Seq
Source
Seq.scala
def toSet[B >: A]: Set[B]

Converts this collection to a Set.

Converts this collection to a Set.

Type parameters

B

The type of elements of the result, a supertype of A.

Attributes

Returns

This collection as a Set[B].

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source
IterableOnce.scala
override def toString(): String

Returns a string representation of the object.

Returns a string representation of the object.

The default representation is platform dependent.

Attributes

Returns

a string representation of the object.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
Seq
Source
Seq.scala
def toVector: Vector[A]

Converts this collection to a Vector.

Converts this collection to a Vector.

Attributes

Returns

This collection as a Vector[A].

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source
IterableOnce.scala
def transpose[B](implicit asIterable: A => Iterable[B]): List[List[B]]

Transposes this iterable collection of iterable collections into a iterable collection of iterable collections.

Transposes this iterable collection of iterable collections into a iterable collection of iterable collections.

The resulting collection's type will be guided by the static type of iterable collection. For example:

val xs = List(
           Set(1, 2, 3),
           Set(4, 5, 6)).transpose
// xs == List(
//         List(1, 4),
//         List(2, 5),
//         List(3, 6))

val ys = Vector(
           List(1, 2, 3),
           List(4, 5, 6)).transpose
// ys == Vector(
//         Vector(1, 4),
//         Vector(2, 5),
//         Vector(3, 6))

Note: Even when applied to a view or a lazy collection it will always force the elements.

Type parameters

B

the type of the elements of each iterable collection.

Value parameters

asIterable

an implicit conversion which asserts that the element type of this iterable collection is an Iterable.

Attributes

Returns

a two-dimensional iterable collection of iterable collections which has as nth row the nth column of this iterable collection.

Throws

IllegalArgumentException if all collections in this iterable collection are not of the same size.

Inherited from:
IterableOps
Source
Iterable.scala
def unapply(a: Int): Option[A]

Tries to extract a B from an A in a pattern matching expression.

Tries to extract a B from an A in a pattern matching expression.

Attributes

Inherited from:
PartialFunction
Source
PartialFunction.scala
override def unzip[A1, A2](implicit asPair: A => (A1, A2)): (List[A1], List[A2])

Converts this iterable collection of pairs into two collections of the first and second half of each pair.

Converts this iterable collection of pairs into two collections of the first and second half of each pair.

val xs = Iterable(
           (1, "one"),
           (2, "two"),
           (3, "three")).unzip
// xs == (Iterable(1, 2, 3),
//        Iterable(one, two, three))

Type parameters

A1

the type of the first half of the element pairs

A2

the type of the second half of the element pairs

Value parameters

asPair

an implicit conversion which asserts that the element type of this iterable collection is a pair.

Attributes

Returns

a pair of iterable collections, containing the first, respectively second half of each element pair of this iterable collection.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
StrictOptimizedIterableOps
Source
StrictOptimizedIterableOps.scala
override def unzip3[A1, A2, A3](implicit asTriple: A => (A1, A2, A3)): (List[A1], List[A2], List[A3])

Converts this iterable collection of triples into three collections of the first, second, and third element of each triple.

Converts this iterable collection of triples into three collections of the first, second, and third element of each triple.

val xs = Iterable(
           (1, "one", '1'),
           (2, "two", '2'),
           (3, "three", '3')).unzip3
// xs == (Iterable(1, 2, 3),
//        Iterable(one, two, three),
//        Iterable(1, 2, 3))

Type parameters

A1

the type of the first member of the element triples

A2

the type of the second member of the element triples

A3

the type of the third member of the element triples

Value parameters

asTriple

an implicit conversion which asserts that the element type of this iterable collection is a triple.

Attributes

Returns

a triple of iterable collections, containing the first, second, respectively third member of each element triple of this iterable collection.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
StrictOptimizedIterableOps
Source
StrictOptimizedIterableOps.scala
override def updated[B >: A](index: Int, elem: B): List[B]

A copy of this list with one single replaced element.

A copy of this list with one single replaced element.

Type parameters

B

the element type of the returned list.

Value parameters

elem

the replacing element

index

the position of the replacement

Attributes

Returns

a new list which is a copy of this list with the element at position index replaced by elem.

Throws

IndexOutOfBoundsException if index does not satisfy 0 <= index < length. In case of a lazy collection this exception may be thrown at a later time or not at all (if the end of the collection is never evaluated).

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
List
Source
List.scala
override def view: SeqView[A]

A view over the elements of this collection.

A view over the elements of this collection.

Attributes

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
SeqOps
Source
Seq.scala
def withFilter(p: A => Boolean): WithFilter[A, List]

Creates a non-strict filter of this iterable collection.

Creates a non-strict filter of this iterable collection.

Note: the difference between c filter p and c withFilter p is that the former creates a new collection, whereas the latter only restricts the domain of subsequent map, flatMap, foreach, and withFilter operations.

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

Value parameters

p

the predicate used to test elements.

Attributes

Returns

an object of class WithFilter, which supports map, flatMap, foreach, and withFilter operations. All these operations apply to those elements of this iterable collection which satisfy the predicate p.

Inherited from:
IterableOps
Source
Iterable.scala
override def zip[B](that: IterableOnce[B]): List[(A, B)]

Returns a iterable collection formed from this iterable collection and another iterable collection by combining corresponding elements in pairs.

Returns a iterable collection formed from this iterable collection and another iterable collection by combining corresponding elements in pairs. If one of the two collections is longer than the other, its remaining elements are ignored.

Type parameters

B

the type of the second half of the returned pairs

Value parameters

that

The iterable providing the second half of each result pair

Attributes

Returns

a new iterable collection containing pairs consisting of corresponding elements of this iterable collection and that. The length of the returned collection is the minimum of the lengths of this iterable collection and that.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
StrictOptimizedIterableOps
Source
StrictOptimizedIterableOps.scala
def zipAll[A1 >: A, B](that: Iterable[B], thisElem: A1, thatElem: B): List[(A1, B)]

Returns a iterable collection formed from this iterable collection and another iterable collection by combining corresponding elements in pairs.

Returns a iterable collection formed from this iterable collection and another iterable collection by combining corresponding elements in pairs. If one of the two collections is shorter than the other, placeholder elements are used to extend the shorter collection to the length of the longer.

Value parameters

that

the iterable providing the second half of each result pair

thatElem

the element to be used to fill up the result if that is shorter than this iterable collection.

thisElem

the element to be used to fill up the result if this iterable collection is shorter than that.

Attributes

Returns

a new collection of the type of this iterable collection containing pairs consisting of corresponding elements of this iterable collection and that. The length of the returned collection is the maximum of the lengths of this iterable collection and that. If this iterable collection is shorter than that, thisElem values are used to pad the result. If that is shorter than this iterable collection, thatElem values are used to pad the result.

Inherited from:
IterableOps
Source
Iterable.scala
override def zipWithIndex: List[(A, Int)]

Zips this iterable collection with its indices.

Zips this iterable collection with its indices.

Attributes

Returns

A new iterable collection containing pairs consisting of all elements of this iterable collection paired with their index. Indices start at 0.

Example

List("a", "b", "c").zipWithIndex == List(("a", 0), ("b", 1), ("c", 2))

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
StrictOptimizedIterableOps
Source
StrictOptimizedIterableOps.scala

Deprecated and Inherited methods

final def /:[B](z: B)(op: (B, A) => B): B

Attributes

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

Attributes

Deprecated
true
Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source
IterableOnce.scala
def aggregate[B](z: => B)(seqop: (B, A) => B, combop: (B, B) => B): B

Aggregates the results of applying an operator to subsequent elements.

Aggregates the results of applying an operator to subsequent elements.

Since this method degenerates to foldLeft for sequential (non-parallel) collections, where the combining operation is ignored, it is advisable to prefer foldLeft for that case.

For parallel collections, use the aggregate method specified by scala.collection.parallel.ParIterableLike.

Type parameters

B

the result type, produced by seqop, combop, and by this function as a final result.

Value parameters

combop

an associative operator for combining sequential results, unused for sequential collections.

seqop

the binary operator used to accumulate the result.

z

the start value, a neutral element for seqop.

Attributes

Deprecated
true
Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source
IterableOnce.scala

Attributes

Deprecated
true
Inherited from:
IterableOps
Source
Iterable.scala
final def copyToBuffer[B >: A](dest: Buffer[B]): Unit

Attributes

Deprecated
true
Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source
IterableOnce.scala

Tests whether this collection is known to have a finite size.

Tests whether this collection is known to have a finite size. All strict collections are known to have finite size. For a non-strict collection such as Stream, the predicate returns true if all elements have been computed. It returns false if the stream is not yet evaluated to the end. Non-empty Iterators usually return false even if they were created from a collection with a known finite size.

Note: many collection methods will not work on collections of infinite sizes. The typical failure mode is an infinite loop. These methods always attempt a traversal without checking first that hasDefiniteSize returns true. However, checking hasDefiniteSize can provide an assurance that size is well-defined and non-termination is not a concern.

Attributes

Returns

true if this collection is known to have finite size, false otherwise.

See also

method knownSize for a more useful alternative

Deprecated

This method is deprecated in 2.13 because it does not provide any actionable information. As noted above, even the collection library itself does not use it. When there is no guarantee that a collection is finite, it is generally best to attempt a computation anyway and document that it will not terminate for infinite collections rather than backing out because this would prevent performing the computation on collections that are in fact finite even though hasDefiniteSize returns false.

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

Returns the length of the longest prefix whose elements all satisfy some predicate.

Returns the length of the longest prefix whose elements all satisfy some predicate.

Note: may not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Value parameters

p

the predicate used to test elements.

Attributes

Returns

the length of the longest prefix of this sequence such that every element of the segment satisfies the predicate p.

Deprecated
true
Inherited from:
SeqOps
Source
Seq.scala
final def repr: List[A]

Attributes

Deprecated
true
Inherited from:
IterableOps
Source
Iterable.scala
def reverseMap[B](f: A => B): List[B]

Attributes

Deprecated
true
Inherited from:
SeqOps
Source
Seq.scala
def seq: Iterable.this.type

Attributes

Deprecated
true
Inherited from:
Iterable
Source
Iterable.scala
final def toIterable: Iterable.this.type

Attributes

Returns

This collection as an Iterable[A]. No new collection will be built if this is already an Iterable[A].

Deprecated
true
Inherited from:
Iterable
Source
Iterable.scala
final def toIterator: Iterator[A]

Attributes

Deprecated
true
Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source
IterableOnce.scala
final def toStream: Stream[A]

Attributes

Deprecated
true
Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source
IterableOnce.scala
final def toTraversable: Iterable[A]

Converts this iterable collection to an unspecified Iterable.

Converts this iterable collection to an unspecified Iterable. Will return the same collection if this instance is already Iterable.

Attributes

Returns

An Iterable containing all elements of this iterable collection.

Deprecated
true
Inherited from:
IterableOps
Source
Iterable.scala
final def union[B >: A](that: Seq[B]): List[B]

Produces a new sequence which contains all elements of this sequence and also all elements of a given sequence.

Produces a new sequence which contains all elements of this sequence and also all elements of a given sequence. xs union ys is equivalent to xs ++ ys.

Type parameters

B

the element type of the returned sequence.

Value parameters

that

the sequence to add.

Attributes

Returns

a new collection which contains all elements of this sequence followed by all elements of that.

Deprecated
true
Inherited from:
SeqOps
Source
Seq.scala
def view(from: Int, until: Int): View[A]

A view over a slice of the elements of this collection.

A view over a slice of the elements of this collection.

Attributes

Deprecated
true
Inherited from:
IterableOps
Source
Iterable.scala