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Solutions for "Scala for the Impatient", chapter 1 exercises
package src.exercises
import scala.math._
import BigInt.probablePrime
import util.Random
object chap01 {
// 1. In the Scala REPL, type 3. followed by the Tab key. What methods can be
// applied?
// => Do it in REPL. There are many methods including %, &, *, +, toByte, toChar etc.
// 2. In the Scala REPL, compute the square root of 3, and then square that value.
// By how much does the result differ from 3? (Hint: The res variables are your
// friend.)
println(3 - pow(sqrt(3), 2)) //> 4.440892098500626E-16
// 3. Are the res variables val or var?
// val
// 4. Scala lets you multiply a string with a number - try out "crazy" * 3 in the REPL.
// What does this operation do? Where can you find it in Scaladoc?
"crazy" * 3 //> res0: String = crazycrazycrazy
// Can be found in the StringOps class
// 5. What does 10 max 2 mean? In which class is the max method defined?
10 max 2 //> res1: Int = 10
// Defined in the RichInt class
// 6. Using BigInt, compute 2^1024.
BigInt(2) pow 1024 //> res2: scala.math.BigInt = 17976931348623159077293051907890247336179769789423
//| 0657273430081157732675805500963132708477322407536021120113879871393357658789
//| 7688144166224928474306394741243777678934248654852763022196012460941194530829
//| 5208500576883815068234246288147391311054082723716335051068458629823994724593
//| 8479716304835356329624224137216
// 7. What do you need to import so that you can get a random prime as
// probablePrime(100, Random), without any qualifiers before probablePrime and Random?
// import BigInt.probablePrime
// import util.Random
probablePrime(100, Random) //> res3: scala.math.BigInt = 912013777957722342425952556723
// 8. One way to create random file or directory names is to produce a random
// BigInt and convert it to base 36, yielding a string such as "qsnvbevtomcj38o06kul".
// Poke around Scaladoc to find a way of doing this in Scala.
probablePrime(100, Random).toString(36) //> res4: String = 2w2bxtp6lz08l502sg9h
// 9. How do you get the first character of a string in Scala? The last character?
val s = "String" //> s : String = String
s.head //> res5: Char = S
s(0) //> res6: Char = S
s.last //> res7: Char = g
s(s.length - 1) //> res8: Char = g
// 10. What do the take, drop, takeRight, and dropRight string functions do? What
// advantage or disadvantage do they have over using substring?
// take: Selects the first n elements
s.take(2) //> res9: String = St
// drop: Selects all elements except first n ones
s.drop(2) //> res10: String = ring
// takeRight: Selects the last n elements
s.takeRight(2) //> res11: String = ng
// dropRight: Selects all elements except last n ones
s.dropRight(2) //> res12: String = Stri
// advantage: they are much more concise and intuitive than substring
}
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