The apply() is utilized to search a key in the stated SortedMap.
Method Definition: m1.apply(“key”)
Here m1 is SortedMap.Return Type: It returns the value of the key to be searched.
Example #1:
// Scala program of apply() // method import scala.collection.SortedMap
// Creating object object GfG
{ // Main method
def main(args : Array[String])
{
// Creating a SortedMap
val m 1 = SortedMap( "geeks" - > 5 , "for" - > 3 , "geeks" - > 5 )
// Applying apply method
val result = m 1 .apply( "for" )
// Displays output
println(result)
}
} |
Output:
3
Example #2:
// Scala program of apply() // method import scala.collection.SortedMap
// Creating object object GfG
{ // Main method
def main(args : Array[String])
{
// Creating a SortedMap
val m 1 = SortedMap( "geeks" - > 5 , "for" - > 3 , "geeks" - > 1 )
// Applying apply method
val result = m 1 .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.