Type in expressions to have them evaluated. Type :help for more information. scala> scala> // Replaying 7 commands from transcript. val res0 = { 123 } res0: Int = 123 val res1 = { 567 } res1: Int = 567 val res2 = { res0 + res1 } res2: Int = 690 val x = dingus :7: error: not found: value dingus val x = dingus ^ val x = "dingus" x: java.lang.String = dingus val res3 = { x.length } res3: Int = 6 val res4 = { x.length + res3 } res4: Int = 12 scala>