Using Scalaz Stream for parsing task (replacing Scalaz Iteratees)

A scalaz-stream solution:

import scalaz.std.vector._
import scalaz.syntax.traverse._
import scalaz.std.string._

val action = linesR("example.txt").map(_.trim).
  splitOn("").flatMap(_.traverseU { s => s.split(" ") match {
    case Array(form, pos) => emit(form -> pos)
    case _ => fail(new Exception(s"Invalid input $s"))
  }})

We can demonstrate that it works:

scala> action.collect.attempt.run.foreach(_.foreach(println))
Vector((no,UH), (,,,), (it,PRP), (was,VBD), (n't,RB), (monday,NNP), (.,.))
Vector((the,DT), (equity,NN), (market,NN), (was,VBD), (illiquid,JJ), (.,.))

And we’re done.

The traverseU function is a common Scalaz combinator. In this case it’s being used to traverse, in the Process monad, the sentence Vector generated by splitOn. It’s equivalent to map followed by sequence.