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Asked: June 9, 20262026-06-09T16:49:47+00:00 2026-06-09T16:49:47+00:00

Out of interest why does this work in Scala: val exceptions = List[Char](‘+’) assertTrue(exceptions.contains(‘+’))

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Out of interest why does this work in Scala:

val exceptions = List[Char]('+')    
assertTrue(exceptions.contains('+'))

but this not

val exceptions = new Array[Char]('+')    
assertTrue(exceptions.contains('+'))
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    2026-06-09T16:49:48+00:00Added an answer on June 9, 2026 at 4:49 pm

    Because you wrote new ArrayChar. Doing that, the argument is the size of the array, and the ‘+’ is, rather unfortunately, converted to an int to give the size. And the returned array is full of Char(0).

    You should just do Array[Char]('+'), '+' would then be single element in the Array.

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