Object is not a value error in scala

Question

While trying to make a map in Scala, I receive the following error message: object Map is not a value

The code I\'m using is the following:

Answer 1

When you see the error "object is not a value" this typically means that the in-scope type is a Java type - you probably are importing java.util.Map in scope

scala> Map(1 -> "one")
res0: scala.collection.immutable.Map[Int,java.lang.String] = Map(1 -> one)

But

scala> import java.util.Map
import java.util.Map

scala> Map(1 -> "one")
:9: error: object Map is not a value
              Map(1 -> "one")
              ^

Remember, in scala each class comes with a (optional) companion object which is a value. This is not true of Java classes.