Scala Map addString() method with a start, a separator and an end with example

Last Updated : 26 Jul, 2019

This method is same as addString() method but here a start, a separator and an end is also included.

Method Definition: def addString(sb: mutable.StringBuilder, start: String, sep: String, end: String): mutable.StringBuilder

Where, sep is the separator stated.

Return Type: It returns the elements of the map in the String Builder and a start, a separator and an end is also included here.

Example #1:

// Scala program of addString() method 
// with a start, a separator and an 
// end 
  
// Creating object 
object GfG 
{  
  
    // Main method 
    def main(args:Array[String]) 
    { 
      
        // Creating map 
        val m1 = Map("geeks" -> 5, "for" -> 3, "cs" -> 3) 
          
        // Applying addString method  
        val result = m1.addString(new StringBuilder(), ">>>", "|", "--") 
          
        // Displays output 
        println(result) 
    } 
} 

Output:

>>>geeks -> 5|for -> 3|cs -> 3--

Example #2:

// Scala program of addString() method 
// with a start, a separator and an 
// end 
  
// Creating object 
object GfG 
{  
  
    // Main method 
    def main(args:Array[String]) 
    { 
      
        // Creating map 
        val m1 = Map("geeks" -> 5, "for" -> 3, "for" -> 3) 
          
        // Applying addString method  
        val result = m1.addString(new StringBuilder(), ">>>", "|", "--") 
          
        // Displays output 
        println(result) 
    } 
} 