Referential Transparency
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What is Referential Transparency?
Referential transparency is a fundamental concept in functional programming where an expression can be replaced by its value without changing the behavior of the program. In Scala, this concept is closely tied to pure functions, which always return the same output for the same input and do not have any side effects.
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Can I learn Referential Transparency in Hindi?
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Is this Referential Transparency tutorial for beginners?
It is lesson 96 of 165 in the free Scala roadmap, in stage 18, Referencial Transparency. If you are new to Scala, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.