Operators

Infix operators: a identifier b, such as 1 to 10, 1-> 10. They’re binary operators.

Unary operators: a identifier is the same as a.identifier(). For example, 1 toString.

+,-,!,~ are allowed as prefix operators. So be careful when breaking code into multiple lines at + and -: They have to be at the end of the line, not the beginning of the line!

x
+y

evaluates to y, but

x +
y

evaluates to x + y.

Assignment operators: have the form operator=. a operator= b is the same as a = a operator b. <=, >=, != are not. Scala does not have ++ or – operators, but it has += and -=.

Block statement

The curly bracket {} is optional. It is required when multiple statements are inside if/else branch or loop statement that spans multiple lines, or on the same line separated by semicolons.

If needed, Scala programmers favor the Kernighan & Ritchie brace style:

if (n > 0) {
	r = r * n
	n -= 1
}

The result of a block statement is the value of the last expression. It is useful when initialization of a val takes multiple steps.