How to implement 'takeUntil' of a list?

Question

I want to find all items before and equal the first 7:

val list = List(1,4,5,2,3,5,5,7,8,9,2,7,4)

My solution is:

Answer 1

Possible way of doing this:

def takeUntil[A](list:List[A])(predicate: A => Boolean):List[A] =
  if(list.isEmpty) Nil
  else if(predicate(list.head)) list.head::takeUntil(list.tail)(predicate)
  else List(list.head)