dictionary - How to combine filter and map in Scala?

Question

I have List[Int] in Scala. The List is List(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10). I want to filter the list so that it only has even numbers. And I want to multiply the numbers with 2.

Is it possible?

Answer 1

As I state in my comment, collect should do what you want:

list.collect{
  case x if x % 2 == 0 => x*2
}

The collect method allows you to both specify a criteria on the matching elements (filter) and modify the values that match (map)

And as @TravisBrown suggested, you can use flatMap as well, especially in situations where the condition is more complex and not suitable as a guard condition. Something like this for your example:

list.flatMap{
  case x if x % 2 == 0 => Some(x*2)
  case x => None
}