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Sky Johnson 2025-06-10 12:14:31 -05:00
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```
// C-style comments
/*
C-style multiline comments
C-style multiline comments
*/
/*
The language's intent and design should mimic Lua as much as possible.
There is a global table that is accessible, but all variables are implicitly
local.
*/
var = 2 // in the global scope
var2 = 4 // also in global scope
echo var + var2 // outputs 6
fn function_name(arg1, arg2)
var3 = "hi" // implicitly local to this block
var4 = var + var3 // var4 = "2hi"
var5 = "hello" + "world"
return var5
var3 = "hi" // implicitly local to this block
var4 = var + var3 // var4 = "2hi"
var5 = "hello" + "world"
return var5
end
/*
Tables work like lua but are ordered hash maps in implementation, and coerced to arrays
if it makes sense to do so. Trailing comma is optional
*/
var6 = {
table1 = "foo",
"table2" = 42,
240 = anothertable
table1 = "foo",
"table2" = 42,
240 = anothertable
}
var6[lol] = "foo"
echo var6.table1 // "foo"
if condition then
// do stuff
// do stuff
elseif condition2 then
// do stuff
// do stuff
else
// do stuff
// do stuff
end
var7 = condition ? left : right
for k, v in any_table do
// ordered hash map, so ipairs/pairs not necessary
break
end
for i = 10, 100, 10 do
break
end
for i = 1, 10 do
break
end
while true do
break
end
exit 0
exit "print before exiting 0"
```