Scala example : Parse String

gistfile1.scala

    val suffix: Map[Symbol,Map[Symbol,Tuple2[String,String]]] =
      """
      en=y:year,years|M:month,months|d:day,days|h:hour,hours|m:minute,minutes|s:seconde,secondes
      fr=y:année,années|M:mois,mois|d:jour,jours|h:heure,heures|m:minute,minutes|s:seconde,secondes
      """.split('\n').map(_.trim).filter(_.size > 0).map(_.split('=')).map {
        line: Array[String] => // ["en","y:year,years|M:month,months|d:day,days|h:hour,hours|m:minute,minutes|s:seconde,secondes"]
          Symbol(line(0)) -> line(1).split('|').map {
            period: String => // "y:year,years"
              Symbol(period(0).toString) -> period.drop(2).mkString
          }.toMap.map {
            words: Tuple2[Symbol, String] => // ('y,"year,years")(Symbol, String)
              val word: Array[String] = words._2.split(',').map(" " + _ + " ")
              words._1 -> Tuple2(word(0), word(1))
          }.toMap
      }.toMap
    println(suffix.get(lang).get('y)._1)