Join 2 maps in scala, similar to left outer join

[Jun Yamog]

Would like to ask help and get some suggestions. I am doing something
similar to a left outer join in sql but done in scala. We needed some
to join 2 sets of data coming from 2 different data sources. Here is
the code below:

https://gist.github.com/2870693

It seems to work, however is there something in the collection API
that would do something similar? If not is this a good way to do it?

Thanks very much.

[Rex Kerr]

Your code is not a very direct path to the goal.  You only need

  map1.map{ case(k,v) => k -> (Some(v), map2.get(k)) }

since there's no point taking apart the option from a map.get only to put it back together again.

  --Rex

[Jun Yamog]

Thanks Rex, makes better sense. I have much to learn on Scala AND to
unlearn on Java

Jun