Difference between Option(value) and Some(value)

Question

I am new to scala !

My question is, if there is case class that contains a member

myItem:Option[String]

When i construct the class,

Answer 1

Option(x) is basically just saying if (x != null) Some(x) else None

See line 25 of the Source code:

def apply[A](x: A): Option[A] = if (x == null) None else Some(x)