Comments on: First stab at Scala scripting.. filters do not work like my Ruby brain thinks they do

By: Scala scripting continued « LoLoCoJr

Scala scripting continued « LoLoCoJr — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:08:48 +0000

[...] First stab at Scala scripting.. filters do not work like my Ruby brain thinks they do [...]

andy — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:49:54 +0000

Kewl!!

p3t0r — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:35:04 +0000

You could use a left fold (similar to inject in ruby) to avoid the forloop:

def findMax(list:List[(Int,Int)], comp:Int) = {
list.foldLeft(0){(s,v) => if(v._1 == comp && v._2 > s) v._2 else s}
}