reduceByKey method not being found in Scala Spark

Question

Attempting to run http://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/quick-start.html#a-standalone-app-in-scala from source.

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Answer 1

You should import the implicit conversions from SparkContext:

import org.apache.spark.SparkContext._

They use the 'pimp up my library' pattern to add methods to RDD's of specific types. If curious, see SparkContext:1296