Option
  • Scala Option[ T ] is a container for zero or one element of a given type
  • object Demo
    {
      def disp(x : Option[Int])
      {
        println(x.isEmpty)
        println(x.getOrElse(0))
      }
    
      def main(args : Array[String])
      {
        var b  = Map("Hannah" -> 12, "Hadley" -> 1);
    
        disp(b.get("Hannah")); // false, 12
        disp(b.get("Lin")); // true, 0
      }
    }