Pattern Matching Basics

  def matchAny(any: Any) = 
    any match {
          case "Huhu" => println("Hi")
          case 5  => println("high five");
          case a: Int  => println("Ich kann bis " + a + " zaehlen")
          case a: String  => println("Ein String")
          case (a,b) => println("Tuple mit Werten " + a + "und" + b )
          case Nil => println("Eine leere Liste")
          case List(1,2,3) => println("Liste mit den Werten 1,2,3")
          case List(a,_*) => println("Liste Laenge > 2 und  den Werten + " + a + ",*,...")
          case _ => println("Niemand passt zu: " + any)
      }
  
  
  println(matchAny("Huhu"))
  println(matchAny("5"))
  println(matchAny(10))

  class Person(name: String, weight: Int) { }
  val horst = (new Person("Horst", 55)) //compiler ignoriert fachliche Fehler
  
  println(matchAny(horst))
  println(List(horst, new Person("Anna", 105)))
  
  val desires = (horst, "Spank me!")
  println(matchAny(desires))
  
  println(matchAny(List(1,2)))
  println(matchAny(List(1,2,3)))
  println(matchAny(List(1,2,3,4,5)))