Scala Short <(x: Char): Boolean

In Scala, Short is a data type that represents a signed 16-bit integer. The < method is used to compare two Short values, and return a Boolean value based on their relative ordering.

The signature of this method is:

def <(x: Char): Boolean

Here, x is the value to be compared with the instance of the Short type.

Examples

val a: Short = 10
val b: Short = 5

println(a < b)  // false
println(b < a)  // true

In the above code snippet, we created two Short variables a and b initialized with the values 10 and 5 respectively. When we compare a and b using the < method, we get false as the result since a is not less than b. When we swap the operands and compare them again, we get true as the result since b is less than a.

Conclusion

In this brief tutorial, we learned about the < method of the Short data type in Scala, which is used to compare two Short values and return a Boolean value based on their relative ordering.