What are all the uses of an underscore in Scala?

Question

I\'ve taken a look at the list of surveys taken on scala-lang.org and noticed a curious question: \"Can you name all the uses of “_”?\". Can you? If yes, please do so here.

Answer 1

From (my entry) in the FAQ, which I certainly do not guarantee to be complete (I added two entries just two days ago):

import scala._    // Wild card -- all of Scala is imported
import scala.{ Predef => _, _ } // Exception, everything except Predef
def f[M[_]]       // Higher kinded type parameter
def f(m: M[_])    // Existential type
_ + _             // Anonymous function placeholder parameter
m _               // Eta expansion of method into method value
m(_)              // Partial function application
_ => 5            // Discarded parameter
case _ =>         // Wild card pattern -- matches anything
val (a, _) = (1, 2) // same thing
for (_ <- 1 to 10)  // same thing
f(xs: _*)         // Sequence xs is passed as multiple parameters to f(ys: T*)
case Seq(xs @ _*) // Identifier xs is bound to the whole matched sequence
var i: Int = _    // Initialization to the default value
def abc_<>!       // An underscore must separate alphanumerics from symbols on identifiers
t._2              // Part of a method name, such as tuple getters
1_000_000         // Numeric literal separator (Scala 2.13+)

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