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The Option in Scala is referred to a carrier of single or no element for a stated type. When a method returns a value which can even be null then Option is utilized i.e, the method defined returns an instance of an Option, in place of returning a single object or a null. There are a few methods that we can Call on Scala Option.
  • def get: A This method is utilized to return an Option's value. Example: Scala 
    // Scala program of using
// get method

// Creating object
object GFG
{

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

        // Using Some class
        val some:Option[Int] = Some(20)
    
        // Applying get method
        val x = some.get

        // Displays the value 
        println(x)
    }
}
    Output: 
    20
    Here, get method cannot be applied to the None class as it will show an exception.
  • def productArity: Int This method is utilized to return the size of the Option's value. Example: Scala 
    // Scala program of returning 
// the size of the value

// Creating object
object GFG
{

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

        // Using Some class
        val some:Option[Int] = Some(20)
    
        // Applying productArity
        // method
        val x = some.productArity

        // Displays the size of
        // the Option's value
        println(x)
    }
}
    Output: 
    1
  • def productElement(n: Int): Any This method is utilized to return the n-th element of the stated product and here indexing starts from zero. Example: Scala 
    // Scala program of returning 
// the n-th element of the
// product

// Creating object
object GFG
{

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

        // Using Some class
        val some:Option[Int] = Some(20)

        // Applying productElement
        // method
        val x = some.productElement(0)

        // Displays the element
        println(x)
    }
}
    Output: 
    20
    Here, None will show an exception.
  • def exists(p: (A) => Boolean): Boolean When the value of the Option satisfies the stated condition then, this method returns true else returns false. Example: Scala 
    // Scala program of the method
// 'exists'

// Creating object
object GFG
{

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

        // Using Some class
        val some:Option[Int] = Some(30)

        // Applying exists method
        val x = some.exists(y => {y % 3 == 0})

        // Displays true if the condition
        // given is satisfied else false 
        println(x)
    }
}
    Output: 
    true
    Here, the condition stated is satisfied so, true is returned.
  • def filter(p: (A) => Boolean): Option[A] This method is utilized to return the value of the Option if the stated condition is satisfied. Example: Scala 
    // Scala program of the method
// 'filter'

// Creating object
object GFG
{

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

        // Using Some class
        val some:Option[Int] = Some(30)

        // Applying filter method
        val x = some.filter(y => {y % 3 == 0})

        // Displays the value of the
        // option if the predicate 
        // is satisfied
        println(x)
    }
}
    Output: 
    Some(30)
    Here, the condition is satisfied so, the Option value is returned and returns None if the predicate is not satisfied.
  • def filterNot(p: (A) => Boolean): Option[A] This method will return the Option value if the stated condition is not satisfied. Example: Scala 
    // Scala program of the method
// 'filterNot'

// Creating object
object GFG
{

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

        // Using Some class
        val some:Option[Int] = Some(30)

        // Applying filterNot method
        val x = some.filterNot(y => {y % 3 != 0})

        // Displays the value of the
        // option if the predicate 
        // is not satisfied
        println(x)
    }
}
    Output: 
    Some(30)
    Here, the condition is not satisfied so, the Option value is returned and returns None if the predicate is satisfied.
  • def isDefined: Boolean This method returns true if the Option is an instance of Some and returns false if the Option is an instance of None. Example: Scala 
    // Scala program of the method
// 'isDefined'

// Creating object
object GFG
{

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

        // Using Some class
        val some:Option[Int] = Some(30)

        // using None class
        val none:Option[Int] = None

        // Applying isDefined method
        val x = some.isDefined
        val y = none.isDefined

        // Displays true for Some
        // and false for None
        println(x)
        println(y)
    }
}
    Output: 
    true
false
  • def iterator: Iterator[A] This method returns an iterator on the Option given. Example: Scala 
    // Scala program of the method
// 'iterator'

// Creating object
object GFG
{

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

        // Using Some class
        val some:Option[Int] = Some(30)
    
        // Applying iterator method
        val x = some.iterator

        // Displays an iterator
        println(x)
    }
}
    Output: 
    non-empty iterator
  • def map[B](f: (A) => B): Option[B] This method will return the value of the function stated in the Map, if the Option has a value. Example: Scala 
    // Scala program of the method
// 'map'

// Creating object
object GFG
{

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

        // Using Some class
        val some:Option[Int] = Some(30)

        // Applying Map method
        val x = some.map(y => {y + y})

        // Displays the value returned
        // by the function in map
        println(x)
    }
}
    Output: 
    Some(60)
    These were the methods to call on an Option and there are more such methods.
  • def orElse[B >: A](alternative: => Option[B]): Option[B] If the Option contain a value, this returns it. Otherwise, this method evaluates the alternative and returns alternative.  
  • def orNull This method will return Null, if the Option didn't contain a value.

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