import collection.immutable.SortedMap object Test { implicit val ord: Ordering[Array[Byte]] = Ordering.by((_: Array[Byte]).toIterable) def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = { val m = SortedMap(Array[Byte](1) -> 0) println(m.to(Array[Byte](1)) flatMap (_._1.mkString)) println(m.from(Array[Byte](1)) flatMap (_._1.mkString)) } }