Scala Statement

A Scala Statement is a Scala code item that is a software expression.

• Context:
  • It can (typically) be an Imperative Program Expression.
  • ...
• Example(s):
  • // a one-line comment
  • 2 * 3.45 + 6 ;, a Mathematical Operation.
  • println("Result=", 2 * 3.45 + 6) ; , an STDOUT Print Statement.
  • val engToDeu = Map(("dog","Hund"), ("cat","Katze"), ("rhinoceros","Nashorn")) ;, a Scala Map variable definition statement.
  • do { println(x); x += 1} while (x < 5), a Loop Statement.
  • def f(x: Any) = { println(x) }, a Function Definition Statement with anonymous type.
  • def intRoot23(num: Int) = {
val numSquare = num*num
(cbrt(numSquare) + log(numSquare)).toInt}
  • ...
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Java Statement.
  • a Kotlin Statement.
• See: Scala Source Code, Scala Program.

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References

• http://docs.scala-lang.org/cheatsheets/

2010

• (Odersky et al., 2010) ⇒ Martin Odersky, Lex Spoon, and Bill Venners. (2010). “Programming in Scala, 2nd edition." Artima. ISBN:0981531644

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