How to reduce Seq[Either[A,B]] to Either[A,Seq[B]]?

Question

Given a sequence of eithers Seq[Either[String,A]] with Left being an error message. I want to obtain an Either[String,Seq[A]] where I

Answer 1

It should work:

def unfoldRes[A](x: Seq[Either[String, A]]) = x partition {_.isLeft} match {
  case (Seq(), r) => Right(r map {_.right.get})
  case (l, _) => Left(l map {_.left.get} mkString "\n")
}

You split your result in left and right, if left is empty, build a Right, otherwise, build a left.