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 apply.
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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What are we learning today?
Today we are going to learn about Scala apply !
apply is a magic Scala method. There is no need to call apply explicitly to execute it. And this is part of the tool that the case class use.
This SKB might be a bit longer than previous ones.
Time to try on the exercise on your own and scroll down for more information when you are done or if you are stuck.
Exercise
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 (oyx7X5uwQam2xG8ieQt2BQ).
More information about Scala apply
In this exercise you will learn (or have learned, if you have already solved the puzzle) about Scala apply.
apply can be called like any other method ( Person.apply(...) ) but it can be used without calling its name explicitely ( Person(...) ). And that’s it.
If you want to learn more, continue reading.
In fact, you could implement a function yourself:
val add = new Function2[Int, Int, Int] {
def apply(a: Int, b: Int): Int = a + b
}
val result = add(1, 2)
assert(result == 3)
Try and copy it above in the editor.
You could also implement if yourself ! Try it by yourself before looking at Scastie.
Solution: Scastie (owFP4D18R6yjrDJoPLu7Bg)
Feel free to go back to the exercise, modify the code to try out new things
and get a better intuition for Scala apply.
Conclusion
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.
Feel free to try on the next Scala Knowledege Bit.
If you are curious about the previous Scala knowledge Bits, go check it out! 🙂