scala notes 15: Akward case in Scala. Curring ...

Curring is not process of transform code into dish that based Indian cuisine or Southeast Asian cuisines :(.

" Curring transforms a function that takes multiple parameters into a chain of functions, each taking a single parameter." 

(source: Dean Wampler " Programing in Scala "(O’Reilly Media ' 2008) ).

It sounds awesome and quite simple:

object Curring {

def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {

  println(curryExtreme("cheese")("cake")

}

  def curryNormal(s1: String)(s2: String) = s1 + s2
}

You will be see :
cheesecake

in output.It sounds simple and useful.

However ,then i  wrote this code to glue all values together...
package lab.blogobject CurryCase {

def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {


println(curryExtreme("ufo")("alien")("0000")(4))

}

def curryExtreme(s1: String)(s2: String)(s3: String)(i: Int) = i + i + s1 + i + i + s2 + i + i + i + i +s3

}

and guess output ?

formula: i + i + s1 + i + i + s2 + i + i + i + i +s3
data: strings  s1 = "ufo", s2 = "alien" s3= "0000" and integer i = 4

Iexpected...
44ufo 44alien44440000

BUT, i get ...
8ufo44alien44440000


Why? Why is 8 not 44?

This is due way how + works.
.First  + works as add for 2 integers
Second  + works as gluing because when  you ise + with string ithen it starts gluing integer with  strings so rest is a gluing 8! which seems logical as 4+4 ,but

conclusion:

Remember about basics and order ,when you programming to avoid silly suprises :)