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Better way of converting a Map[K, Option[V]] to a Map[K,V]

I have a Map[Symbol, Option[String]] from reading values from a web page, where some might be missing.

I’d like to ‘flatten’ this to Map[Symbol, String] removing all the None values.

The best I can do so far is

def removeNones[K, V](map: Map[K, Option[V]]): Map[K, V] = 
    map.collect { case kv if kv._2.isDefined => (kv._1, kv._2.get) }

but I really don’t like the case, and having to rebuild the Pair.

Can anyone find a nicer expression?

Answer 1

val m = Map('a -> Some("a string"), 'b -> None)

m collect {case(a, Some(b)) => (a, b)}
  // Map('a -> a string)

seems to do the trick.