Question

How can I create a new map from two maps of maps so that the resulting map only includes matches where keys are the same and combines the internal maps.

Iterable[Map[String, Map[String,Float]]

Example:

val map1 = Iterable(Map(
  1 -> Map(key1 -> val1), 
  2 -> Map(key2 -> val2), 
  3 -> Map(key3 -> val3)
))

val map2 = Iterable(Map(
  1 -> Map(key11 -> val11), 
  3 -> Map(key33 -> val33), 
  4 -> Map(key44 -> val44), 
  5 -> Map(key55 -> val55)
))

I want the resulting map be as follows:

Map(
  1 -> Map(key1 -> val1, key11 -> val11), 
  3 -> Map(key3 -> val3, key33 -> val33)
)

Answer 1

Update: I don’t really understand what your edit about Iterables means, or the error in your comment, but here’s a complete working example with Strings and Floats:

val map1: Map[Int, Map[String, Float]] = Map(
  1 -> Map("key1" -> 1.0F),
  2 -> Map("key2" -> 2.0F),
  3 -> Map("key3" -> 3.0F))

val map2: Map[Int, Map[String, Float]] = Map(
  1 -> Map("key11" -> 11.0F),
  3 -> Map("key33" -> 33.0F), 
  4 -> Map("key44" -> 44.0F),      
  5 -> Map("key55" -> 55.0F))

val map3: Map[Int, Map[String, Float]] = for {
  (k, v1) <- map1
  v2 <- map2.get(k)
} yield (k, v1 ++ v2)

Update in response to your question below: it doesn’t make a lot of sense to have a list of maps, each containing a single mapping. You can very easily combine them into a single map using reduceLeft:

val maps = List(
  Map(1216 -> Map("key1" -> 144.0F)),
  Map(1254 -> Map("key2" -> 144.0F)),
  Map(1359 -> Map("key3" -> 144.0F))
)

val bigMap = maps.reduceLeft(_ ++ _)

Now you have one big map of integers to maps of strings to floats, which you can plug into my answer above.