Print whole result in interactive Scala console

Question

When I type something into the Scala interactive console, the console prints the result of the statement. If the result is too long, the console crops it (scroll right to see it):

scala> Array.fill[Byte](5)(0)
res1: Array[Byte] = Array(0, 0, 0, 0, 0)

scala> Array.fill[Byte](500)(0)
res2: Array[Byte] = Array(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, ...

scala> "a"*5000
res3: String = aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...

How can I print the same or equivalent output, for any given object (not just a collection or array) without the cropping occurring?

A few suggestions in this duplicate: http://stackoverflow.com/q/23408037/1296806 — som-snytt, Sep 24 '14 at 11:53

Gabriele Petronella · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-24T10:22:23.197

The result is not "cropped", simply println is invoking java.lang.Arrays.toString() (since scala.Array is a Java array).

Specifically, Arrays defines a toString overload that works with Object, which calls the toString implementation of java.lang.Object on every element. Such implementation prints the reference of the object, so you end up with

[Lscala.Tuple2;@4de71ca9

which is an Array containing the reference 4de71ca9 to a scala.Tuple2 object.

That has been discussed in this ticket years ago.

In the specific case of arrays, you can simply do

println(x.mkString("\n"))

or

x foreach println

or

println(x.deep)

Update

To answer your last edit, you can set the maximum lenght of the strings printed by the REPL

scala> :power
** Power User mode enabled - BEEP WHIR GYVE **
** :phase has been set to 'typer'.          **
** scala.tools.nsc._ has been imported      **
** global._, definitions._ also imported    **
** Try  :help, :vals, power.<tab>           **

scala> vals.isettings.maxPrintString = Int.MaxValue
vals.isettings.maxPrintString: Int = 2147483647

The Scala console is doing the cropping. Please see my edit. — Sampo, Sep 24 '14 at 10:11
Thanks - that was my original question, but I realize the question was a bit misleading. The `println(x)` was there only to show that that answer doesn't work. — Sampo, Sep 25 '14 at 05:55
```error: value foreach is not a member of org.apache.spark.sql.Row corr foreach println``` — DachuanZhao, Mar 12 '22 at 07:28

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 17 '17 at 15:45

3

try this

scala> :power
Power mode enabled. :phase is at typer.
import scala.tools.nsc._, intp.global._, definitions._
Try :help or completions for vals._ and power._

scala> vals.isettings.maxPrintString
res9: Int = 800

scala> vals.isettings.maxPrintString = 10000
vals.isettings.maxPrintString: Int = 10000

answered Nov 17 '17 at 15:45

Pengfei.X

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5
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It doesn't work ... – DachuanZhao Mar 12 '22 at 07:29

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 24 '14 at 09:48

2

try

x map println

or

x foreach println

answered Sep 24 '14 at 09:48

Govind Singh

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```error: value foreach is not a member of org.apache.spark.sql.Row corr foreach println``` – DachuanZhao Mar 12 '22 at 07:28

Print whole result in interactive Scala console

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