Conditional Statements

 if x > 0 then 1 else -1
 val s = if x > 0 then 1 else -1

 var t = 0
 if x > 0 then t = 1 else -1

Input and Output

We can read a line of input from the console with the readLine method of the scala.io.StdIn class. To read a numeric, Boolean, or character value, use readInt, readByte , readShort , readLong , readFloat , readBoolean , or readChar .

 val name = StdIn.readLine("Your name: ")
 println(name)

Loops

1. While Loops

    val n = 5
    while n > 0 do
      println(s"Printed $n")
   

    val n = 5
    while n > 0 do
      println(s"Printed $n")
    end while
   

2. For Loops

    for i <- 1 to 5 do 
      println(i)
   

   For loop follows: for i ← expr do

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   There is no val or var before the variable in the for loop. The type of the variable is the element type of the collection. The scope of the loop variable extends until the end of the loop.

More For Loops

We can have multiple generators of the form variable <- expression.

 for
   i <- 1 to 3
   j <- 1 to 3
 do
   print(s"${10 * i + j} ")  // 11 12 13 21 22 23 31 32 33

A guard is a Boolean condition preceded by if:

 for
   i <- 1 to 3
   j <- 1 to 3
   if i != j
 do
   print(s"${10 * i + j} ")  // 12 13 21 23 31 32

We can have any number of definitions, introducing variables that can be used inside the loop:

 for
   i <- 1 to 3
   from = 4 - i
   j <- from to 3
 do
   print(s"${10 * i + j} ")  // 13 22 23 31 32 33

 // It is equivalent to 
 for (i <- 1 to 3) {
   val from = 4 - i
   for (j <- from to 3) {
     print(s"${10 * i + j} ")
   }
 }

When the body of the for loop starts with yield, the loop constructs a collection of values, one for each iteration:

 val result = for i <- 1 to 10 yield i // Vector(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)

 val res = for c <- "Hello" yield (c+1).toChar // Ifmmp

Variable Arguments

We can call the function with as many argument as we want but they have to be of the same type.

 def sum(args: Int*) = {
   var result = 0
   for arg <- args do result += arg
   result
 }

 println(sum(1, 4, 9, 16, 25)) // 55
 sum(1 to 5) // Error
 sum((1 to 5)*) // Consider 1 to 5 as an argument sequence

Lazy Values

When a val is declared as lazy, its initialization is deferred until it is accessed for the first time.

 lazy val name = "Diwash"

Exception

Throwing exception:

 throw IllegalArgumentException("X should be negative")

TRY CATCH:

 val url = URL("https://www.diwashmainali.com.np/")

 try
   process(url)
 catch
   case ex: IndexOutOfBoundsException => println(ex)
   case _: MalformedURLException => println(s"Bad URL: $url")  // use _ for variable name when not needed