Finding an item that matches predicate in Scala

Question

I\'m trying to search a scala collection for an item in a list that matches some predicate. I don\'t necessarily need the return value, just testing if the list contains it.

Answer 1

The scala way would be to use exists:

collection.exists(item => condition1(item) && condition2(item))

And since java 8 you can use anyMatch:

collection.stream().anyMatch(item -> condition1(item) && condition2(item));

which is much better than a plain for or foreach.