Scala Vector is a general purpose immutable data structure where elements can be accessed randomly. It is generally used for large collections of data.

Declaring Vector Variables

The following is the syntax for declaring an Vector variable.

Syntax

var z : Vector[String] = Vector("Zara","Nuha","Ayan")

Here, z is declared as an vector of Strings which has three members. Values can be added by using commands like the following −

Command

var vector1: Vector[String] = z + "Naira";

Processing Vector

Below is an example program of showing how to create, initialize and process Vector −

Example

import scala.collection.immutable.Vector
object Demo {
   def main(args: Array[String]) = {
      var vector: Vector[String] = Vector("Zara","Nuha","Ayan");
      // Add an element
      var vector1: Vector[String] = vector :+ "Naira";
      // Reverse an element
      var vector2: Vector[String] = vector.reverse;
      // sort a vector
      var vector3: Vector[String] = vector1.sorted;
      println(vector);
      println(vector1);
      println(vector2);
      println(vector3);	  
   }
}

Save the above program in Demo.scala. The following commands are used to compile and execute this program.

Command

>scalac Demo.scala
>scala Demo

Output

Vector(Zara, Nuha, Ayan)
Vector(Zara, Nuha, Ayan, Naira)
Vector(Ayan, Nuha, Zara)
Vector(Ayan, Naira, Nuha, Zara)