Basic Tutorial

Syntaxis

Variables

A variable name in wardscript can contain letters a-z, A-Z , numbers: 0-9, and a few special symbols: _ $ '.

a := 12;
b := a, c := b;

Data Types

There is only 4 data types in wardscript:

• Byte
• Nil
• Node
• Function

Byte

A byte is an unsigned integer lesser than 256

b1 := 0,
b2 := 255;

Nil

The Nil datatype represents the absence of value and is useful in data-structure implementation.

root := nil;

Note: nil is not a keyword, it's only a variable predefined in all programs

Node

In dynamic data structures, a node is a record that contains a data of interest and at least one pointer to reference to another node.

A node in wardscript is similar to a structure in c, but dynamically typed as in python or lua (dictionary and table), it differs from these by being immutable; which means that once a node is created, it can not have new members or eliminate those that already exist, only modify its content.

To create a node write a list of assignments (members) between curly brackets { }.

root := {
    data := 0,
    next := nil
};

To modify a member value

root.data := 1;

Function

Control Flow

If clauses

Loops

A loop is equivalent to a while True or a while (1)