This Scala Online Test
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Implement the uniqueNames function. When passed two vectors of names, it will return a vector containing the names that appear in either or both input vectors. The returned vector should have no duplicates.

For example, calling MergeNames.uniqueNames(Vector("Ava", "Emma", "Olivia"), Vector("Olivia", "Sophia", "Emma")) should return a vector containing Ava, Emma, Olivia, and Sophia in any order.

The code for the PlayerInventory class is not working. When a user starts a new account, PlayerInventory is initialized with basic items. It should also be possible to add and drop items from the inventory, with duplicate items added and removed separately.

For example, if "lumber" was added to the inventory and "stone" was removed, getItems() should return a Vector containing "lumber", "magic potion", and "lumber", in any order.

Fix the bugs.

User interface contains two types of user input controls: TextInput, which accepts all characters and NumericInput, which accepts only digits.

Implement the class TextInput that contains:

• Public method def add(c : Char) - concatenates the given character to the current value
• Public method def getValue: String - returns the current value

Implement the class NumericInput that:

• Inherits from TextInput
• Overrides the add method so that each non-numeric character is ignored

For example, the following code should output "10":

val input: TextInput = new NumericInput()
input.add('1')
input.add('a')
input.add('0')
println(input.getValue())

As part of a data processing pipeline, complete the implementation of the makePipeline function:

• The function should accept a variable number of functions, and it should return a new function that accepts one parameter arg.
• The returned function should call the first function in the makePipeline with the parameter arg, and call the second function with the result of the first function.
• The returned function should continue calling each function in the makePipeline in order, following the same pattern, and return the value from the last function.

For example, makePipeline((x: Int) => x * 3, (x: Int) => x + 1, (x: Int) => x / 2), and then calling the returned function with 3 should return 5.