GIGO: words unreadable aloud

Chapter 3, Exercise 3, Thinking in Scala

Today's exercise corresponds to this entry from the Lisp/Java version. Nothing new, though I suppose I should figure out whether "else if" chains work as expected.

package x;
object c3x3 {
    def test ( testval: Int, target: Int ) = {
        var result = 0;
        if(testval > target) {
            result = +1;
        }
        else {
            if(testval < target) { result = -1 }
            else                 { result = 0 }
        }
        result;
    }
    def test2 ( testval: Int, target: Int ) = {
        if (testval > target) { 1 }
        else {
            if (testval < target) { -1 }
            else                  { 0 }
        }
    }
    def main ( args: Array[String] ) = {
        Console.println(test(10, 5));
        Console.println(test(5, 10));
        Console.println(test(5, 5));
        Console.println(test2(10, 5));
        Console.println(test2(5, 10));
        Console.println(test2(5, 5));
    }
}

Hmm; they do seem to, though I'm not posting that version.
9:45:11 PM comment/