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Expression Three

Syntax

Work in progress

The compiler for Expression 3 is a huge work in progress and there for the syntax of this language is likly to change over the course of its development.

Similarities

Expression 3 uses a language based on expression advanced 2 but is closer to c#, it is often described as a lua and c# mash up.

Comments

Expression 3 support 2 styles of comments. Single line

//Example of a single line comment

Multi line

/* Example
of a multi line
comment */

Blocks

In expression 3 a block of code is wrapped in curly brackets.

{
    // Example
}

These brackets can be omitted causing only the first line to be used as the block.

Statements

If Statement

An if statement is a conditional statement that will execute a block of code only under certain conditions.

if (condition) block
elseif (condition) block
else block`

Server and Client Statement

These statements will only execute a block of code based on if the code is running server side or client side.

server block

client block

Assignments

All assignment statements in expression 3 can be used to assign one or more values at once.#

Definition statement

When defining a variable it is important to note that it is nested to its current block.

class variable[, variable]* = expression[, expression]*;

number a = 7;
string first, last = "John", "Doe";

Global definition statement

Same as a definition statement except defines a global variable, these variables are not nested to there current block.

global class variable[, variable]* = expression[, expression]*;

global number a = 7;
global string first, last = "John", "Doe";

Assignment statement

Assignments are used to assign a value to an existing variable.

variable[, variable]* = expression[, expression]*;

a = 7;
first, last = "John", "Doe";

Arithmetic assignment statement

Arithmetic assignments are used to perform an arithmetic operation on a variable and then assign the result of that operation to the variable.

Additon

 variable[, variable]* += expression[, expression]*;

 exampleVar, anotherVar += 100, 200;

Subtraction

 variable[, variable]* -= expression[, expression]*;

 exampleVar, anotherVar -= 100, 200;

Division

 variable[, variable]* \= expression[, expression]*;

 exampleVar, anotherVar \= 100, 200;

Multiplication

 variable[, variable]* *= expression[, expression]*;

 exampleVar, anotherVar *= 100, 200;

User Function statement

Expression 3 supports user defined functions.

function type variable([type parameter,]*) block

function int example(int a, int b) {
    return a + b;
}

Delegates

Delegates are function templates and are used by the compiler to retain information about a functions parameters as well as its return values. This will be covered in depth in a later section.

function type variable([type,]*) {
    return number
}

function string example(string, string) {
    return 1
}

The number that appears after return is the amount of values returned of type.

Expressions

Operators

Ternary (Conditional)

Expression ? Expression : Expression

Logical Or

Expression || Expression

Logical And

Expression && Expression

Binary Xor

Expression ^^ Expression

Binary Or

Expression | Expression

Binary And

Expression & Expression