What is Scala for: getline(), std::cin.eof(), std::cin.bad()?

Question

Here is a fragment of C++ code:

int AskBase::ask_user(){
   for (int tries_left = MAX_TRIES; tries_left;){
        std::cout << prompt.c_str();
        std::string response;
        getline(std::cin, response);
        if ("^Z" == response || std::cin.eof() || std::cin.bad())
            return -9;
        else if ("?V" == response)
            std::cout << SSVID_ICON << SSVID << std::endl;
        else if ("?" == response)
            std::cout << "Enter ? for help, ?V for version, ^Z for exit.\n"
        else if (validate(response)){
            answer_string = response;
            return 1;
        else
            --tries_left;
       }
    return -9;
    }

What would the Scala be for these:

getline()
std::cin.eof()
std::cin.bad()

[Scala read standard input](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4585655/scala-read-from-standard-input-line-by-line) cam up with this one and many others... — Ed S., Jul 18 '11 at 22:58

paradigmatic · Answer 1 · 2011-07-26T09:40:19.137

In Scala (and Java), reaching the eof means getting null when trying to read. I don't know how cin.bad translates, but it may be exceptions.

Your example is equivalent to:

def askUser( tries_left: Int = MAX_TRIES ):Int = 
  Console.readLine match {
    case "^Z" | null => -9
    case "?V" => {
      println( SSVID_ICON  + SSVID )
      askUser( tries_left )
    }
    case "?" => {
      println( "Enter ? for help, ?V for version, ^Z for exit.")
      askUser( tries_left )
    }
    case response if validate(response) => {
         answer_string = response
         1
    }
    case _ => if( tries_left == 0) -9 else askUser( tries_left - 1)
  }

What is Scala for: getline(), std::cin.eof(), std::cin.bad()?

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