Scala case classes and the collection API

Scala case classes and its collection API play a significant role in data analysis using Scala. This section will give you insight into these topics and an understanding of their relevance in the context of data analysis.

During the data analysis process, we will frequently encounter data that consists of a collection of records. These records often need to be transformed, cleaned, or filtered.

Scala case classes

Scala case classes provide a convenient mechanism to work with objects that hold values. Let's look at an example in Scala REPL. The case class defined in the following code will be used in other example codes in this chapter:

scala> case class Person(fname: String...