Deconstructing a tuple in Scala:
scala> val t = (5, 3)
t: (Int, Int) = (5,3)
scala> val (a: Int, b: Int) = t
a: Int = 5
b: Int = 3
scala> val (a: Int, _) = t
a: Int = 5
It is even possble to deconstruct the Tuple as an argument to a function:
scala> def f: Tuple2[Int, Int] => Int = t => a*b
f: ((Int, Int)) => Int
scala> f(t)
res3: Int = 15
Programming Additions 