I have the following:
serv match {
case "chat" => Chat_Server ! Relay_Message(serv)
case _ => null
}
The problem is that sometimes I also pass an additional param on the end of the serv string, so:
var serv = "chat.message"
Is there a way I can match a part of the string so it still gets sent to Chat_Server?
Thanks for any help, much appreciated :)
Use regular expressions, make sure you use a sequence wildcard like _*
, e.g.:
val Pattern = "(chat.*)".r
serv match {
case Pattern(_*) => "It's a chat"
case _ => "Something else"
}
And with regexes you can even easily split parameter and base string:
val Pattern = "(chat)(.*)".r
serv match {
case Pattern(chat, param) => "It's a %s with a %s".format(chat, param)
case _ => "Something else"
}