Scala Map apply() method with example

The apply() is utilized to search a key in the stated map.

Method Definition: m1.apply(“key”)

Here m1 is map.

Return Type: It returns the value of the key to be searched.

Example #1:

// Scala program of apply()
// method

// Creating object
object GfG
{

    // Main method
    def main(args:Array[String])
    {

        // Creating a map
        val m1 = Map("geeks" -> 5, "for" -> 3, "geeks" -> 5)

        // Applying apply method
        val result = m1.apply("for")

        // Displays output
        println(result)

    }
}

Output:

3

Example #2:

// Scala program of apply()
// method

// Creating object
object GfG
{

    // Main method
    def main(args:Array[String])
    {

        // Creating a map
        val m1 = Map("geeks" -> 5, "for" -> 3, "geeks" -> 1)

        // Applying apply method
        val result = m1.apply("geeks")

        // Displays output
        println(result)

    }
}

Output:

1

Here, identical keys are present with different values so, the value of the last one is returned.