Scala: how to destructure a basic map entry
dictionary, scala
Solution
You should use pattern matching:
m.map{ case (a, b) => b}
Map entry is just a `Tuple2`.
Problem
Here is a vanilla scala map: ``` scala> val m = Map( 'a'-> '1', 'b' -> 2) m: scala.collection.immutable.Map[Char,AnyVal] = Map(a -> 1, b -> 2) ``` The Map iterator() method returns a tuple representing the (key,value). So if we want to see, say, just the values of the map we can do this: ``` scala> m.map( a => a._2) res0: scala.collection.immutable.Iterable[AnyVal] = List(1, 2) ``` But how do we destructure the map entry ? The following does not work: ``` scala> m.map( (a,b) => b) <console>:10: error: wrong number of parameters; expected = 1 m.map( (a,b) => b) ^ ```