cheat.sheets/sheets/_scala/DataStructures

// tuple literal. (Tuple3)
(1,2,3)

// tuple sugar
(1 -> 2) //same as
(1, 2)

// destructuring bind: tuple unpacking via pattern matching.
var (x,y,z) = (1,2,3)

// hidden error: each assigned to the entire tuple.
// BAD
var x,y,z = (1,2,3)

// list (immutable).
var xs = List(1,2,3)

// paren indexing. (slides)
// more on it: https://www.slideshare.net/Odersky/fosdem-2009-1013261/27
xs(2)

// map (Immutable)
Map(1 -> 'a', 2 -> 'b', 3 -> 'c') //same as
Map((1, 'a'), (2, 'b'), (3, 'c'))

// cons.
1 :: List(2,3)

// range sugar.
1 to 5 // same as
1 until 6
1 to 10 by 2

// sole member of the Unit type (like C/Java void).
() //(empty parens)