List[Try[T]] to Try[List[T]] in Scala

Question

I would like to know how to convert a List[Try[T]] into Try[List[T]] in Scala?

I have tried using an accumulator and folding right but it do

Answer 1

Using cats it's as easy as:

import cats._
import cats.data._
import cats.implicits._
import scala.util.{Try, Success, Failure}

val tries: List[Try[Int]] = List(Success(1), Success(2), Success(3))
tries.sequence

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