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def subsetOf(that: Set[A]): Boolean
Returns true if this set is a subset of that, i.e. if every element of this set is also an element of that.
def sum: A
Returns the sum of all elements of this immutable set with respect to the + operator in num.
def tail: Set[A]
Returns a immutable set consisting of all elements of this immutable set except the first one.
def take(n: Int): Set[A]
Returns first n elements.
def takeRight(n: Int):Set[A]
Returns last n elements.
def toArray: Array[A]
Returns an array containing all elements of this immutable set.
def toBuffer[B >: A]: Buffer[B]
Returns a buffer containing all elements of this immutable set.
def toList: List[A]
Returns a list containing all elements of this immutable set.
def toMap[T, U]: Map[T, U]
Converts this immutable set to a map
def toSeq: Seq[A]
Returns a seq containing all elements of this immutable set.
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def toString(): String
Returns a String representation of the object.
Scala Maps
Scala map is a collection of key/value pairs. Any value can be retrieved based on its key. Keys are unique in the
Map, but values need not be unique. Maps are also called Hash tables. There are two kinds of Maps,
the immutable and the mutable. The difference between mutable and immutable objects is that when an object is
immutable, the object itself can't be changed.
By default, Scala uses the immutable Map. If you want to use the mutable Set, you'll have to
importscala.collection.mutable.Map class explicitly. If you want to use both mutable and immutable Maps in the
same, then you can continue to refer to the immutable Map as Map but you can refer to the mutable set
as mutable.Map. Following is the example to declare immutable Maps as follows:
// Empty hash table whose keys are strings and values are integers:
var A:Map[Char,Int] = Map()
// A map with keys and values.
val colors = Map("red" -> "#FF0000", "azure" -> "#F0FFFF")
While defining empty map, the type annotation is necessary as the system needs to assign a concrete type to
variable. If we want to add a key-value pair to a Map, we can use the operator + as follows:
A += ('I' -> 1)
A += ('J' -> 5)
A += ('K' -> 10)
A += ('L' -> 100)
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