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Scala take, takeWhile
//take
scala> nums.take(1)
res0: List[Int] = List(1)
scala> nums.take(2)
res1: List[Int] = List(1, 2)
scala> names.take(1)
res2: List[String] = List(joel)
scala> names.take(2)
res3: List[String] = List(joel, ed)
//takeWhile
scala> nums.takeWhile(_ < 5)
res4: List[Int] = List(1, 2, 3, 4)
scala> names.takeWhile(_.length < 5)
res5: List[String] = List(joel, ed)Give you a nice way of taking the elements out of a list that you want to create a new list.