Scala·Scala essentials

Control flow

Scala uses if expressions, match and for-comprehensions rather than statements.

Intermediate 10 min read Lesson 3 of 150 Challenge included
What you will be able to do
  • if returns a value.
  • match is exhaustive for sealed types.
  • for can map and filter.

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Scala uses if expressions, match and for-comprehensions rather than statements.

  • if returns a value.
  • match is exhaustive for sealed types.
  • for can map and filter.
Flow.scalaSCALA
val score = 84
val label = if (score >= 80) "pass" else "retry"
val items = for (n <- 1 to 3) yield n * 2
println(label, items)
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Answer from memory: What does a for-comprehension with yield produce?

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