Implementing ifTrue, ifFalse, ifSome, ifNone, etc. in Scala to avoid if(…) and simple pattern matching

Question

In Scala, I have progressively lost my Java/C habit of thinking in a control-flow oriented way, and got used to go ahead and get the object I\'m interested in first, and the

Answer 1

Why don't just use it like this:

val idiomaticVariable = if (condition) { 
    firstExpression
  } else { 
    secondExpression 
  } 

?

IMO, its very idiomatic! :)