Using varargs from Scala

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I'm tearing my hair out trying to figure out how to do the following:

def foo(msf: String, o: Any, os: Any*) = {
    println( String.format(msf, o :: List(os:_*)) )
}

There's a reason why I have to declare the method with an o and an os Seq separately. Basically, I end up with the format method called with a single object parameter (of type List ). Attempting:

def foo(msf: String, o: Any, os: Any*) = {
    println( String.format(msf, (o :: List(os:_*))).toArray )
}

Gives me the type error:

found: Array[Any]

required Seq[java.lang.Object]

I've tried casting, which compiles but fails for pretty much the same reason as the first example. When I try

println(String.format(msg, (o :: List(os:_*)) :_* ))

this fails to compile with implicit conversion ambiguity (any2ArrowAssoc and any2stringadd)

James Iry · Accepted Answer · 2009-06-18 13:07:16Z

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def foo(msf: String, o: AnyRef, os: AnyRef*) = 
  println( String.format(msf, (o :: os.toList).toArray : _* ))

edited Jun 18, 2009 at 13:07

answered Jun 17, 2009 at 18:37

James Iry

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oxbow_lakes Over a year ago

It compiles but falls over at runtime: Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassCastException: scala.$colon$colon cannot be cast to scala.runtime.BoxedObjectArray at scala.runtime.RichString.format(RichString.scala:242)

oxbow_lakes Over a year ago

Also, where does toList come from?

James Iry Over a year ago

Fixed, it works now. I'm filing a bug report - Scala shouldn't have ClassCastExceptions except when you have used asInstanceOf. toList is a method on Iterable[A]

James Iry Over a year ago

Apparently it's been fixed in the 2.8 branch lampsvn.epfl.ch/trac/scala/ticket/1360

Daniel C. Sobral Over a year ago

Why was toArray necessary, though? List is a valid input to : _*.

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oxbow_lakes · Accepted Answer · 2009-06-21 15:45:06Z

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def foo(msf: String, o: AnyRef, os: AnyRef*) =
  println( String.format(msf, o :: os.toList : _* ) )

or

def foo(msf: String, o: AnyRef, os: AnyRef*) =
      println( msf format (o :: os.toList : _* ) )

I much prefer the latter, though it has no locale* support.

Scala 2.8 does have locale support with RichString's format.

edited Jun 21, 2009 at 15:45

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answered Jun 18, 2009 at 19:46

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oxbow_lakes Over a year ago

Using the RichString format method is what I opted for in the end

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