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Partially Applied Functions Currying Functions Functions Call-by-Name Typically, parameters to functions are by-value parameters; that is, the value of the parameter is determined before it is passed to the function. But what if we need to write a function that accepts as a parameter an expression that we don't want evaluated until it's called within our function? For this circumstance, Scala offers call-byname parameters. A call-by-name mechanism passes a code block to the callee and each time the callee accesses the parameter, the code block is executed and the value is calculated. object Test { def main(args: Array[String]) { delayed(time()); } } def time() = { println("Getting time in nano seconds") System.nanoTime } def delayed( t: => Long ) = { println("In delayed method") println("Param: " + t) t } Here, we declared the delayed method, which takes a call-by-name parameter by putting the => symbol between the variable name and the type. When the above code is compiled and executed, it produces the following result: C:/>scalac Test.scala C:/>scala Test In delayed method Getting time in nano seconds Param: 81303808765843 Getting time in nano seconds C:/> Here, delayed prints a message demonstrating that the method has been entered. Next, delayed prints a message with its value. Finally, delayed returns t. Functions with Named Arguments In a normal function call, the arguments in the call are matched one by one in the order of the parameters of the called function. Named arguments allow you to pass arguments to a function in a different order. The syntax is simply that each argument is preceded by a parameter name and an equals sign. Following is a simple example to show the concept: object Test { def main(args: Array[String]) { printInt(b=5, a=7); } def printInt( a:Int, b:Int ) = { println("Value of a : " + a ); println("Value of b : " + b ); } } TUTORIALS POINT Simply Easy Learning
When the above code is compiled and executed, it produces the following result: C:/>scalac Test.scala C:/>scala Test Value of a : 7 Value of b : 5 C:/> Function with Variable Arguments Scala allows you to indicate that the last parameter to a function may be repeated. This allows clients to pass variable length argument lists to the function. Following is a simple example to show the concept. object Test { def main(args: Array[String]) { printStrings("Hello", "Scala", "Python"); } def printStrings( args:String* ) = { var i : Int = 0; for( arg scalac Test.scala C:/>scala Test Arg value[0] = Hello Arg value[1] = Scala Arg value[2] = Python C:/> Here, the type of args inside the printStrings function, which is declared as type "String*" is actually Array[String]. Recursive Functions Recursion plays a big role in pure functional programming and Scala supports recursion functions very well. Recursion means a function can call itself repeatedly. Following is a good example of recursion where we calculate factorials of the passed number: object Test { def main(args: Array[String]) { for (i
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Page 3 and 4: ABOUT THE TUTORIAL Scala Tutorial S
Page 5 and 6: FLOATING POINT LITERALS ...........
Page 7 and 8: Scala Strings .....................
Page 9 and 10: CHAPTER 1 Scala Overview Scala, sho
Page 11 and 12: CHAPTER 2 Scala Environment Setup T
Page 13 and 14: $scala -version Scala code runner v
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Page 19 and 20: CHAPTER 4 Scala Data Types Scala ha
Page 21 and 22: Characters must not necessarily be
Page 23 and 24: Variable Type Inference: When you a
Page 25 and 26: The access to f in class Sub is OK
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Page 29 and 30: } } println("a && b = " + (a&&b) );
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Page 37 and 38: Nested if...else Statement: It is a
Page 39 and 40: while loop do...while loop for loop
Page 41 and 42: Flow Diagram: Example: object Test
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Page 45 and 46: } } // for loop execution with mult
Page 47 and 48: Flow Diagram: Example: import scala
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Page 61 and 62: } } var str2 = "Tod"; println("Dot
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Page 97 and 98: CHAPTER 15 Scala Classes & Objects
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Page 101 and 102: CHAPTER 16 Scala Traits A trait enc
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CHAPTER 17 Scala Pattern Matching P
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} // case class, empty one. case cl
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} When the above code is compiled a
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[0-9] Match any digit; same as [012
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CHAPTER 19 Scala Exception Handling
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CHAPTER 20 Scala Extractors An extr
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CHAPTER 21 Scala Files I/O Scala is
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