How to sort a list in Scala by two fields?

Question

how to sort a list in Scala by two fields, in this example I will sort by lastName and firstName?

case class Row(var firstName: String, var lastName: String, var city: String)  var rows = List(new Row("Oscar", "Wilde", "London"),                 new Row("Otto",  "Swift", "Berlin"),                 new Row("Carl",  "Swift", "Paris"),                 new Row("Hans",  "Swift", "Dublin"),                 new Row("Hugo",  "Swift", "Sligo"))  rows.sortBy(_.lastName) 

I try things like this

rows.sortBy(_.lastName + _.firstName) 

but it doesn't work. So I be curious for a good and easy solution.

Answer 1

rows.sortBy(r => (r.lastName, r.firstName)) 

Answer 2

rows.sortBy (row => row.lastName + row.firstName) 

If you want to sort by the merged names, as in your question, or

rows.sortBy (row => (row.lastName, row.firstName)) 

if you first want to sort by lastName, then firstName; relevant for longer names (Wild, Wilder, Wilderman).

If you write

rows.sortBy(_.lastName + _.firstName) 

with 2 underlines, the method expects two parameters:

<console>:14: error: wrong number of parameters; expected = 1        rows.sortBy (_.lastName + _.firstName)                                ^