Using Eithers with Scala “for” syntax

Question

As I understand it, Scala \"for\" syntax is extremely similar to Haskell\'s monadic \"do\" syntax. In Scala, \"for\" syntax is often used for Lists and Op

Answer 1

As of Scala 2.12, Either is now right biased

From the documentation:

As Either defines the methods map and flatMap, it can also be used in for comprehensions:

val right1: Right[Double, Int] = Right(1)
val right2                     = Right(2)
val right3                     = Right(3)
val left23: Left[Double, Int]  = Left(23.0)
val left42                     = Left(42.0)

for (
  a <- right1;
  b <- right2;
  c <- right3
) yield a + b + c // Right(6)

for (
  a <- right1;
  b <- right2;
  c <- left23
) yield a + b + c // Left(23.0)

for (
  a <- right1;
  b <- left23;
  c <- right2
) yield a + b + c // Left(23.0)

// It is advisable to provide the type of the “missing” value (especially the right value for `Left`)
// as otherwise that type might be infered as `Nothing` without context:
for (
  a <- left23;
  b <- right1;
  c <- left42  // type at this position: Either[Double, Nothing]
) yield a + b + c
//            ^
// error: ambiguous reference to overloaded definition,
// both method + in class Int of type (x: Char)Int
// and  method + in class Int of type (x: Byte)Int
// match argument types (Nothing)