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Iterable

scala.collection.immutable.Iterable
See theIterable companion object
trait Iterable[+A] extends Iterable[A], IterableOps[A, Iterable, Iterable[A]], IterableFactoryDefaults[A, Iterable]

A trait for collections that are guaranteed immutable.

Type parameters

A

the element type of the collection

Attributes

Companion
object
Source
Iterable.scala
Graph
Supertypes
trait Iterable[A]
trait IterableOps[A, Iterable, Iterable[A]]
trait IterableOnce[A]
class Object
trait Matchable
class Any
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Known subtypes
trait Map[K, V]
class AbstractMap[K, V]
class HashMap[K, V]
class IntMap[T]
class ListMap[K, V]
class LongMap[T]
class Map1[K, V]
class Map2[K, V]
class Map3[K, V]
class Map4[K, V]
class WithDefault[K, V]
class WithDefault[K, V]
class TreeMap[K, V]
class TreeSeqMap[K, V]
class VectorMap[K, V]
trait SeqMap[K, V]
trait SortedMap[K, V]
trait Seq[A]
class AbstractSeq[A]
class ArraySeq[A]
class ofBoolean
class ofByte
class ofChar
class ofDouble
class ofFloat
class ofInt
class ofLong
class ofRef[T]
class ofShort
class ofUnit
class LazyList[A]
class List[A]
class ::[A]
object Nil
class NumericRange[T]
class Exclusive[T]
class Inclusive[T]
class Queue[A]
class Range
class Exclusive
class Inclusive
class Stream[A]
class Cons[A]
object Empty
class Vector[A]
trait IndexedSeq[A]
trait LinearSeq[A]
trait Set[A]
class AbstractSet[A]
class BitSet
class BitSet1
class BitSet2
class BitSetN
class HashSet[A]
class ListSet[A]
class Set1[A]
class Set2[A]
class Set3[A]
class Set4[A]
class TreeSet[A]
class ValueSet
trait SortedSet[A]
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Members list

Value members

Concrete methods

override def iterableFactory: IterableFactory[Iterable]

The companion object of this immutable collection, providing various factory methods.

The companion object of this immutable collection, 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
Source
Iterable.scala

Inherited methods

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

Alias for concat

Alias for concat

Attributes

Inherited from:
IterableOps
Source
Iterable.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 collect[B](pf: PartialFunction[A, B]): Iterable[B]

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

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

Type parameters

B

the element type of the returned iterable collection.

Value parameters

pf

the partial function which filters and maps the iterable collection.

Attributes

Returns

a new iterable collection 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.

Inherited from:
IterableOps
Source
Iterable.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 concat[B >: A](suffix: IterableOnce[B]): Iterable[B]

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

Returns a new iterable collection containing the elements from the left hand operand followed by the elements from the right hand operand. The element type of the iterable collection 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 iterable collection which contains all elements of this iterable collection followed by all elements of suffix.

Inherited from:
IterableOps
Source
Iterable.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
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
def drop(n: Int): Iterable[A]

Selects all elements except the first n ones.

Selects all elements except the first n ones.

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

Value parameters

n

the number of elements to drop from this iterable collection.

Attributes

Returns

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

Inherited from:
IterableOps
Source
Iterable.scala
def dropRight(n: Int): Iterable[A]

Selects all elements except last n ones.

Selects all elements except last n ones.

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

Value parameters

n

the number of elements to drop from this iterable collection.

Attributes

Returns

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

Inherited from:
IterableOps
Source
Iterable.scala
def dropWhile(p: A => Boolean): Iterable[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 iterable collection, 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 iterable collection.

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.

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

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

Inherited from:
IterableOps
Source
Iterable.scala
override def empty: Iterable[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 exists(p: A => Boolean): Boolean

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

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

Note: may not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Value parameters

p

the predicate used to test elements.

Attributes

Returns

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

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source
IterableOnce.scala
def filter(pred: A => Boolean): Iterable[A]

Selects all elements of this iterable collection which satisfy a predicate.

Selects all elements of this iterable collection which satisfy a predicate.

Value parameters

p

the predicate used to test elements.

Attributes

Returns

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

Inherited from:
IterableOps
Source
Iterable.scala
def filterNot(pred: A => Boolean): Iterable[A]

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

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

Value parameters

pred

the predicate used to test elements.

Attributes

Returns

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

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

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

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

Note: may not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

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

Value parameters

p

the predicate used to test elements.

Attributes

Returns

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

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source
IterableOnce.scala
def flatMap[B](f: A => IterableOnce[B]): Iterable[B]

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

Builds a new iterable collection by applying a function to all elements of this iterable collection 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 iterable collection. 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 iterable collection resulting from applying the given collection-valued function f to each element of this iterable collection and concatenating the results.

Inherited from:
IterableOps
Source
Iterable.scala
def flatten[B](implicit asIterable: A => IterableOnce[B]): Iterable[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.

Inherited from:
IterableOps
Source
Iterable.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
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 collection, going left to right.

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

"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(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 collection and the initial value all appear exactly once in the computation.

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

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 collection, going left to right. Returns z if this collection is empty.

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

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

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

"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, 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 collection and the initial value all appear exactly once in the computation.

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

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 all elements of this collection and z, going right to left. Returns z if this collection is empty.

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

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

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

Note: may not terminate for infinite-sized collections.

Value parameters

p

the predicate used to test elements.

Attributes

Returns

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

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

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

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source
IterableOnce.scala
protected def fromSpecific(coll: IterableOnce[A]): Iterable[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, Iterable[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, Iterable[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[Iterable[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
def head: A

Selects the first element of this iterable collection.

Selects the first element of this iterable collection.

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

Attributes

Returns

the first element of this iterable collection.

Throws

NoSuchElementException if the iterable collection is empty.

Inherited from:
IterableOps
Source
Iterable.scala
def headOption: Option[A]

Optionally selects the first element.

Optionally selects the first element.

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

Attributes

Returns

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

Inherited from:
IterableOps
Source
Iterable.scala
def init: Iterable[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[Iterable[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
def isEmpty: Boolean

Tests whether the collection is empty.

Tests whether the collection 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.

Attributes

Returns

true if the collection contains no elements, false otherwise.

Inherited from:
IterableOnceOps
Source
IterableOnce.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
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Iterable.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
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IterableOnce.scala
def last: A

Selects the last element.

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.

Throws

NoSuchElementException If the iterable collection is empty.

Inherited from:
IterableOps
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Iterable.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
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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
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Iterable.scala
def map[B](f: A => B): Iterable[B]

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

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

Type parameters

B

the element type of the returned iterable collection.

Value parameters

f

the function to apply to each element.

Attributes

Returns

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

Inherited from:
IterableOps
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Iterable.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
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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
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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
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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
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IterableOnce.scala
protected def newSpecificBuilder: Builder[A, Iterable[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
def nonEmpty: Boolean

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 partition(p: A => Boolean): (Iterable[A], Iterable[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

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