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CLI Tool: grep v3 — Invert Match in Scala

Practice

Build the -v flag of the Unix grep command. Given a list of lines and a search pattern, return all lines that DO NOT contain pattern as a substring (case-sensitive). Return the remaining lines (the ones that do not contain the pattern), in their original order, joined by newline characters (\n).

Function signature:

def grepInvert(lines: Array[String], pattern: String): String

Example:

Input:
pattern = "err"
lines = ["error", "ok", "another error", "fine"]

Output: "ok\nfine"

When printed:
ok
fine

If every line contains the pattern, return the empty string "".

Same as grep v1 but flip the condition: keep the lines where !line.contains(pattern) is true, then return result.mkString("\n").

The full solution:

class Solution {
    def grepInvert(lines: Array[String], pattern: String): String = {
        val result = scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer[String]()
        for (line <- lines) {
            if (!line.contains(pattern)) {
                result += line
            }
        }
        return result.mkString("\n")
    }
}

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CLI Tool: grep v3 — Invert Match in Scala

Grep V3 in Scala