How to create a map out of two lists?

Question

I have two lists

val a = List(1,2,3)
val b = List(5,6,7)

I\'d like to create a Map like:

val h = Map(1->5, 2->6, 3->7)         


        

Answer 1

You can zip the lists together into a list of tuples, then call toMap:

(a zip b) toMap

Note that if one list is longer than the other, it will be truncated.

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Example:

val a = List(1, 2, 3)
val b = List(5, 6, 7)

scala> (a zip b) toMap
res2: scala.collection.immutable.Map[Int,Int] = Map(1 -> 5, 2 -> 6, 3 -> 7)

With truncation:

val c = List("a", "b", "c", "d", "e")

scala> (a zip c) toMap
res3: scala.collection.immutable.Map[Int,String] = Map(1 -> a, 2 -> b, 3 -> c)

(c zip a) toMap
res4: scala.collection.immutable.Map[String,Int] = Map(a -> 1, b -> 2, c -> 3)