Compare two Maps in Scala

Question

Is there any pre-defined function that I can use to compare two Maps based on the key and give me the difference? Right now, I iterate Map1 and foreach key, I check if there is

Answer 1

Consider the difference between the maps converted into sets of tuples,

(m1.toSet diff m2.toSet).toMap

Answer 2

Try:

val diff = (m1.keySet -- m2.keySet) ++ (m2.keySet -- m1.keySet)

diff contains the elements that are in m1 and not in m2 and that are in m2 and not in m1.

Answer 3

I think the -- operator will do what you're looking for: http://www.scala-lang.org/api/current/index.html#scala.collection.Map@--(xs:scala.collection.GenTraversableOnce[A]):Repr

Although this will probably only work given the assumption that Map2 is always a subset of Map1...

Answer 4

This solution looks like right way:

scala> val x = Map(1 -> "a", 2 -> "b", 3 -> "c")
x: scala.collection.immutable.Map[Int,String] = Map(1 -> a, 2 -> b, 3 -> c)

scala> val y = Map(1 -> "a", 2 -> "b", 4 -> "d")
y: scala.collection.immutable.Map[Int,String] = Map(1 -> a, 2 -> b, 4 -> d)

scala> val diff : Map[Int, String] = x -- y.keySet
diff: Map[Int,String] = Map(3 -> c)

Found it here https://gist.github.com/frgomes/69068062e7849dfe9d5a53bd3543fb81