What are Scala strings?
By definition, a string is a sequence of characters. Every string object in Scala is immutable/constant. Once created, the object cannot be changed.
This is how strings are saved
Scala string methods
Like strings in other languages, Scala strings also support the use of string methods to manipulate the string. Notable methods include length(), concat(), substring(), trim().
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length(): Calculates length of a string. -
concat(): Joins two strings into one using the+operator. -
substring(): Extracts a portion of a string. -
trim(): Removes trailing spaces. For example, "hello ", will return “hello”, removing the extra spaces at the end.
Strings in Scala can be defined using two methods:
var str = "String by method 1": In this method, the compiler encounters a string literal and creates a string object.var str: String = "String by method 2". In this method, the type is specified before the declaration of the string literal.
Code
object Main extends App {var str1 = "Hello World"val str2: String = "Welcome to Educative"// Display both stringsprintln(str1);println(str2);// display lengthprintln(str1 + ", Length: " + str1.length());println(str2 + ", Length: " + str2.length());// concat operationvar new_str: String = str1.concat(str2)println("concatenated string: " + new_str)// substring take three character from index 0: startvar subs: String = str1.substring(0,3)println("substring: " + subs)}
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