In Ruby I can write this:
case n
when 0...5 then "less than five"
when 5...10 then "less than ten"
else "a lot"
end
How do I do this in Scala?
Edit: preferably I'd like to do it more elegantly than using if
.
In Ruby I can write this:
case n
when 0...5 then "less than five"
when 5...10 then "less than ten"
else "a lot"
end
How do I do this in Scala?
Edit: preferably I'd like to do it more elegantly than using if
.
Inside pattern match it can be expressed with guards:
n match {
case it if 0 until 5 contains it => "less than five"
case it if 5 until 10 contains it => "less than ten"
case _ => "a lot"
}
class Contains(r: Range) { def unapply(i: Int): Boolean = r contains i }
val C1 = new Contains(3 to 10)
val C2 = new Contains(20 to 30)
scala> 5 match { case C1() => println("C1"); case C2() => println("C2"); case _ => println("none") }
C1
scala> 23 match { case C1() => println("C1"); case C2() => println("C2"); case _ => println("none") }
C2
scala> 45 match { case C1() => println("C1"); case C2() => println("C2"); case _ => println("none") }
none
Note that Contains instances should be named with initial caps. If you don't, you'll need to give the name in back-quotes (difficult here, unless there's an escape I don't know)
Similar to @Yardena's answer, but using basic comparisons:
n match {
case i if (i >= 0 && i < 5) => "less than five"
case i if (i >= 5 && i < 10) => "less than ten"
case _ => "a lot"
}
Also works for floating point n
For Ranges of equal size, you can do it with old-school math:
val a = 11
(a/10) match {
case 0 => println (a + " in 0-9")
case 1 => println (a + " in 10-19") }
11 in 10-19
Yes, I know: "Don't divide without neccessity!" But: Divide et impera!