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authorSimon Richardson <simon@ustwo.co.uk>2013-08-19 20:24:18 +0100
committerSimon Richardson <simon@ustwo.co.uk>2013-08-19 20:24:18 +0100
commit1a9107e43d25bcf06cefc701dbf6784d33898b1a (patch)
tree60abc22f1798b6ed2d825e208b6898535135d674 /haxe.html.markdown
parent343c20b4e8f2bd71ade87ed70ee63c39e82c5154 (diff)
Update haxe.html.markdown
I think one of Haxes strong point is the fact that control structures are expressions as well. We should point this out.
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1 files changed, 32 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/haxe.html.markdown b/haxe.html.markdown
index 94b4ea82..0b3c614d 100644
--- a/haxe.html.markdown
+++ b/haxe.html.markdown
@@ -284,8 +284,7 @@ class LearnHaxe3{
trace(modified_n + " is the value for modified_n");
var filtered_and_modified_n [for (val in n) if (n != "foo") n += "!"];
trace(filtered_and_modified_n + " is the value for filtered_and_modified_n");
-
-
+
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Switch Statements (Value Type)
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -311,7 +310,37 @@ class LearnHaxe3{
trace("My dog's name is" + my_dog_name
+ ", and his favorite thing is a: "
+ favorite_thing);
-
+
+ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+ // Expression Statements
+ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+ trace("***EXPRESSION STATEMENTS***");
+
+ /*
+ Haxe control statements are very powerful because every statement
+ is also an expression, consider:
+ */
+
+ // if statements
+ var k = if (true){
+ 10;
+ } else {
+ 20;
+ }
+
+ trace("K equals ", k); // outputs 10
+
+ var other_favorite_thing = switch(my_dog_name) {
+ case "fido" : 'teddy';
+ case "rex" : 'stick';
+ case "spot" : 'football';
+ case _ : 'some unknown treat';
+ }
+
+ trace("My dog's name is" + my_dog_name
+ + ", and his other favorite thing is a: "
+ + other_favorite_thing);
+
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Converting Value Types
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////