Scala SortedMap empty() method with example

The empty() method is utilized to make the SortedMap empty.

Method Definition: def empty: SortedMap[A, B]

Return Type: It returns an empty SortedMap.

Example #1:

// Scala program of empty()
// method
import scala.collection.immutable.SortedMap

// Creating object
object GfG
{

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

        // Creating a SortedMap
        val m1 = SortedMap("geeks" -> 5, "for" -> 3, "cs" -> 2)

        // Applying empty method
        val result = m1.empty

        // Displays output
        println(result)

    }
}

Output:

Map()

Example #2:

// Scala program of empty()
// method
import scala.collection.immutable.SortedMap

// Creating object
object GfG
{

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

        // Creating an empty SortedMap
        val m1 = SortedMap("gopal" -> 10)

        // Applying empty method
        val result = m1.empty

        // Displays output
        println(result)

    }
}

Output:

Map()