Title: Find Largest Key Or Value In A Map
Slug: find_largest_key_or_value_in_a_map
Summary: Find Largest Key Or Value In A Map Using Scala.
Date: 2017-04-03 12:00
Category: Scala
Tags: Basics
Authors: Chris Albon

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Create A Map



In [1]:

    
// Create an immutable map with three key value pairs
val numbers = Map(1 -> 100, 
                  2 -> 200,
                  3 -> 300)

Find Largest Key



In [2]:

    
// Find largest key
numbers.max









    Out[2]:





(3,300)

Find Largest Value



In [5]:

    
// Find the largest value
numbers.valuesIterator.max









    Out[5]:





300