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Replacing characters in a String in Scala

I am trying to create a method to convert characters within a String, specifically converting all '0' to ' '. This is the code that I am using:

def removeZeros(s: String) = {
    val charArray = s.toCharArray
    charArray.map( c => if(c == '0') ' ')
    new String(charArray)
}

Is there a simpler way to do it? This syntax is not valid:

def removeZeros(s: String) = 
  new String(s.toCharArray.map( c => if(c == '0') ' '))
Solution

  • You can map strings directly:

    def removeZero(s: String) = s.map(c => if(c == '0') ' ' else c)

    alternatively you could use replace:

    s.replace('0', ' ')