Assignment Statement
Assignment statements are statements that define a variable with a value or an expression; successive assignment statements for the same variable results in the second statement overriding the first.
See Overwriting
Variables
Variables are used to store data to be referenced.
Below is a list of elements that are accepted in the variable declaration box of any statement.
| Accepted | Error |
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| Words E.g. print, cube |
Reserved words E.g. import, if, true, break, return |
| Words+numbers E.g. print1, cube1side2 |
Numbers E.g. 10, 0.5 |
| Words+underscore(+numbers) E.g. blue_cube, print_1 |
Symbols E.g. _1, print!, [] |
| Global attributes E.g. @floor, @hud |
Spaces between words E.g. print 1 |
| Strings E.g “hello”, “123” |
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| IDs E.g “ps0”, “ps1” |
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| List E.g [1,2,3], [blue, black] |
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| Entities E.g. extrude[1] |
Inputs
Below is a list of elements that can be accepted in the input box of any statement, if the input box does not indicate a specific type of element it accepts.
| Accepted | Error |
|---|---|
| Variables E.g. print, cube_1 |
Undefined words that are not variables E.g. print, cube_1 |
| Accepted operators E.g. 5%2, [] |
Unaccepted symbols E.g. :, ? |
| Numbers E.g. 10, 0.5 |
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| Inlines expressions E.g. PI, XY, range(0,30) |
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| Strings E.g “hello”, “123” |
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| IDs E.g “ps0”, “ps1” |
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| Lists E.g [1,2,3], [blue, black] |
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| Entities E.g. extrude[1] |