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What's the syntax to set immutable hashmap contents on initialization?

For example, if I was willing to hardcode an array, I'd write:

val a = Array (0, 1, 2, 3)

What's the analogue for immutable hashmaps (say I want it to contain 0->1 and 2->3 pairs) (in Scala 2.8)?

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Do you mean something like this?


scala> val m = collection.immutable.HashMap(0 -> 1, 2 -> 3)
m: scala.collection.immutable.HashMap[Int,Int] = Map((0,1), (2,3))

scala> m.get(0)
res0: Option[Int] = Some(1)

scala> m.get(2)
res1: Option[Int] = Some(3)

scala> m.get(1)
res2: Option[Int] = None
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To create from a collection (remember NOT to have a new keyword)

val result: HashMap[Int, Int] = HashMap(myCollection: _*)

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