Scala Map apply() method with example
The apply() is utilized to search a key in the stated map.
Method Definition: m1.apply(“key”)
Here m1 is map.
Return Type: It returns the value of the key to be searched.
Example #1:
// Scala program of apply() // method // Creating object object GfG { // Main method def main(args : Array[String]) { // Creating a map val m 1 = Map( "Beginner" - > 5 , "for" - > 3 , "Beginner" - > 5 ) // Applying apply method val result = m 1 .apply( "for" ) // Displays output println(result) } } |
Output:
3
Example #2:
// Scala program of apply() // method // Creating object object GfG { // Main method def main(args : Array[String]) { // Creating a map val m 1 = Map( "Beginner" - > 5 , "for" - > 3 , "Beginner" - > 1 ) // Applying apply method val result = m 1 .apply( "Beginner" ) // Displays output println(result) } } |
Output:
1
Here, identical keys are present with different values so, the value of the last one is returned.