SKB - Scala Values - Leo Benkel

Introduction

This article is part of the Scala knowledge bits Series.

Periodically, I will publish new exercises so you can slowly build up knowledge about Scala.

It is designed to be done in a very short amount of time and learn a little bit each day, just to create a routine.

This episode will teach you about Scala values.

Hope you are going to enjoy it! It is designed for anyone to learn Scala from scratch and slowly learn, one Bit at a time.

After this Bit, I would love to hear your feedback in the comments down below.

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Today we are going to learn about Scala values !

A variable can be considered in two parts. First its name, for instance a and then its value, for instance, 12.

In Scala, a variable also has a type, for instance, Int when it is an integer.

Time to try on the exercise on your own and scroll down for more information when you are done or if you are stuck.

Here is an exercise to complete today.

If I did my job well, you should be able to guess by yourself the solution based on what you previously learned and based on the clues.

But if you get stuck, scroll down to get more information.

The goal of the exercise is to replace the ??? by a piece of code so that the exercise compiles and that’s how you win! Good luck!

You can fill the exercise right in here:

Or, if it does not load, go on to Scastie (6EuSjLIMT7KQhdUiB7Nf8Q).

In this exercise you will learn (or have learned, if you have already solved the puzzle) about Scala values.

We assigned a value to the Value a.

The line 3 is the value
The line 5 is doing a sum of the integer 2 and the value a
On line 7, we see assert which perform a test if the sum above is equal to 8

Also, important things to keep in mind, val are immutable. In Scala, if you want a mutable variable, you would have to use the keyword var.

Feel free to go back to the exercise, modify the code to try out new things and get a better intuition for Scala values.

I hope you have learned something new or had fun during this Scala Knowledge Bit.

Please ask questions or post feedback in the comments below.