Functional Programming in Scala: Anonymous Functions

In Scala, anonymous functions, also known as function literals, are functions defined without a name. They provide a concise way to define simple functions directly at the point where they are needed. Anonymous functions can be passed as arguments, stored in variables, and returned from other functions. They are commonly used in higher-order functions such as map, filter, and reduce. The syntax for anonymous functions in Scala involves the use of the arrow symbol to separate the function parameters from the function body. Anonymous functions enhance code readability and reduce boilerplate in functional programming.

The code demonstrates the use of anonymous functions in Scala. It creates a list of integers and uses anonymous functions with the map, filter, and reduce methods to double the elements, filter out even numbers, and compute the sum, respectively.

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