Scala : Create multiple sequence of case class with variables in it - scala

Question

I'm trying to generate dynamically a sequence of case class but I'm blocked at one point. I want to use variables in this function.
Here's an example of what I did (which is working as expected):
case class Example(first_name: String, last_name: String)
Object Example{
def createRecords(number: Int) : Seq[Example]{
Seq.fill(number)(Example("Bob", "Marley"))
}}
The thing I want to do now is to have the first_name and the last_name as variables in the generating process that would look like something like this :
Object Example{
def createRecords(number: Int) : Seq[Example]{
Seq.fill(number)(
val first_name = generateRandomFirstName()
val last_name = generateRandomLastName()
Example(first_name, last_name))
}}
Is there an easy way to be able to do that or I need to simply refactor my code and generate what I need with a standard loop ?
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Your code is actually very close, you just need to replace () with {} to turn the argument into an expression:
Seq.fill(number){
val first_name = generateRandomFirstName()
val last_name = generateRandomLastName()
Example(first_name, last_name)
}
You can also just call the functions in the constructor:
Seq.fill(number)(
Example(generateRandomFirstName(), generateRandomLastName())
)
Note that Seq is a generic interface so you should probably use an explicit type such as List or Vector to make sure you are getting the type you want.