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Diffstat (limited to 'examples/how_do_i.nom')
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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/examples/how_do_i.nom b/examples/how_do_i.nom index c48b137..e3c58d6 100644 --- a/examples/how_do_i.nom +++ b/examples/how_do_i.nom @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use "lib" say "Hello world!" # How do I set a variable? -# Variables have "%" prefix: +# Variables have "$" prefix: $foobar = 1 $text = "Hello world" @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ $multi_text = (" say (" Text can contain a backslash followed by a variable, list, dict, or parenthesized expression. This escaped value will be converted to readable text, like so: - The value of %foobar is \$foobar, isn't that nice? + The value of $foobar is \$foobar, isn't that nice? These are some numbers: \[1, 2, 3] The sum of 2 and 4 is \(2 + 4). @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ say (" like this: \\ will just be treated as a backslash. Or, two backlashes will be treated as a single backslash, no matter what follows, - like this: \\%foobar <- won't insert any values + like this: \\$foobar <- won't insert any values If you need to split a long line without inserting a newline, you can end a line with backslash \ ..and start the next line with two periods, like that. @@ -139,12 +139,12 @@ if (1 + 2) is: # How do I loop over a list (a foreach loop)? $list = [1, 2, 3] for $x in $list: - say "For %x loop #\$x" + say "For $x loop #\$x" # How do I loop over a number range? # This is inclusive, so it will loop over 1,2, and 3 for $i in 1 to 3: - say "For %i in 1 to 3 loop #\$i" + say "For $i in 1 to 3 loop #\$i" # This will print 0,2, and 4 for $even in 0 to 5 by 2: @@ -247,28 +247,28 @@ say (2 + 3) say (2 + 3) # If you need to keep going after an indented region, you can start the next line with ".." -say both "Very long first argument that needs its own line" and also - "short second arg" +say both "Very very very very long first argument that needs its own line" +..and also "short second arg" (my favorite number) means (21 + 2) # This can be nested: say both (my favorite number) and also "foo" # Macros: -# The "lua> %" and "=lua %" macros can be used to write raw lua code: +# The "lua>" and "=lua" macros can be used to write raw lua code: (say the time) means: lua> "io.write(\"The OS time is: \", os.time(), \"\\n\");" say the time say "Math expression result is: \(=lua "(1 + 2*3 + 3*4)^2 % 5")" -# Variables can be accessed via \%var +# Variables can be accessed via \$var (square root of $n) means (=lua "math.sqrt(\$n)") say "The square root of 2 is \(square root of 2)" -# Macros can be defined to transform one bit of nomsu code into another using "parse % as %": +# Macros can be defined to transform one bit of nomsu code into another using "parse $ as $": (if $condition is untrue $body) parses as (if (not $condition) $body) -# Or to transform nomsu code into custom lua code using "compile % to %" +# Or to transform nomsu code into custom lua code using "compile $ to $" (debug only $body) compiles to: if $DEBUG_ENABLED: return @@ -310,10 +310,10 @@ debug only: $best_key = $key return $best -# Function literals look like: %x -> (%x * %x) +# Function literals look like: $x -> ($x * $x) say (best of [2, -3, 4, -8] according to ($x -> ($x * $x))) -# Or, you can use ((foo %)'s meaning) to access the function that gets called by (foo %) +# Or, you can use ((foo $)'s meaning) to access the function that gets called by (foo $) ($x squared) means ($x * $x) say (best of [2, -3, 4, -8] according to (($ squared)'s meaning)) |