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authorSuzane Sant Ana <tetestonaldo@gmail.com>2017-12-31 14:27:06 -0200
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2017-12-31 14:27:06 -0200
commit42f9329bb3a028d374d6397991ac48b44064741e (patch)
tree1e75e2b3e122aeb863e3ffa037f6f64c4027fbf8 /nim.html.markdown
parente6b77595f2669d66ac7be43c6e6083cbff80a9a7 (diff)
parent70a36c9bd970b928adde06afb2bd69f6ba8e5d5c (diff)
Merge pull request #1 from adambard/master
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diff --git a/nim.html.markdown b/nim.html.markdown
index c74fece7..30dfa94f 100644
--- a/nim.html.markdown
+++ b/nim.html.markdown
@@ -3,14 +3,34 @@ language: Nim
filename: learnNim.nim
contributors:
- ["Jason J. Ayala P.", "http://JasonAyala.com"]
+ - ["Dennis Felsing", "http://felsin9.de/nnis/"]
---
-Nim (formally Nimrod) is a statically typed, imperative programming language
+Nim (formerly Nimrod) is a statically typed, imperative programming language
that gives the programmer power without compromises on runtime efficiency.
Nim is efficient, expressive, and elegant.
-```ruby
+```nim
+# Single-line comments start with a #
+
+#[
+ Multi-line comments begin with a #[
+ ... and end with ]#
+
+They don't care about indentation
+
+ #[
+ and they can be nested
+ ]#
+
+]#
+
+discard """
+This can also work as a multiline comment.
+Or for unparsable, broken code
+"""
+
var # Declare (and assign) variables,
letter: char = 'n' # with or without type annotations
lang = "N" & "im"
@@ -34,10 +54,6 @@ when compileBadCode: # `when` is a compile time `if`
discard 1 > 2 # Note: The compiler will complain if the result of an expression
# is unused. `discard` bypasses this.
-discard """
-This can work as a multiline comment.
-Or for unparsable, broken code
-"""
#
# Data Structures
@@ -60,6 +76,13 @@ var
drinks = @["Water", "Juice", "Chocolate"] # @[V1,..,Vn] is the sequence literal
+drinks.add("Milk")
+
+if "Milk" in drinks:
+ echo "We have Milk and ", drinks.len - 1, " other drinks"
+
+let myDrink = drinks[2]
+
#
# Defining Types
#
@@ -68,7 +91,7 @@ drinks = @["Water", "Juice", "Chocolate"] # @[V1,..,Vn] is the sequence literal
# static typing powerful and useful.
type
- Name = string # A type alias gives you a new type that is interchangable
+ Name = string # A type alias gives you a new type that is interchangeable
Age = int # with the old type but is more descriptive.
Person = tuple[name: Name, age: Age] # Define data structures too.
AnotherSyntax = tuple
@@ -101,7 +124,7 @@ when compileBadCode:
type
Color = enum cRed, cBlue, cGreen
- Direction = enum # Alternative formating
+ Direction = enum # Alternative formatting
dNorth
dWest
dEast
@@ -147,7 +170,7 @@ var anotherArray = ["Default index", "starts at", "0"]
# More data structures are available, including tables, sets, lists, queues,
# and crit bit trees.
-# http://nimrod-lang.org/lib.html#collections-and-algorithms
+# http://nim-lang.org/docs/lib.html#collections-and-algorithms
#
# IO and Control Flow
@@ -166,7 +189,7 @@ else:
# `while`, `if`, `continue`, `break`
-import strutils as str # http://nimrod-lang.org/strutils.html
+import strutils as str # http://nim-lang.org/docs/strutils.html
echo "I'm thinking of a number between 41 and 43. Guess which!"
let number: int = 42
var
@@ -227,7 +250,7 @@ proc ask(question: string): Answer =
else: echo("Please be clear: yes or no")
proc addSugar(amount: int = 2) = # Default amount is 2, returns nothing
- assert(amount > 0 or amount < 9000, "Crazy Sugar")
+ assert(amount > 0 and amount < 9000, "Crazy Sugar")
for a in 1..amount:
echo(a, " sugar...")
@@ -255,11 +278,11 @@ performance, and compile-time features.
## Further Reading
-* [Home Page](http://nimrod-lang.org)
-* [Download](http://nimrod-lang.org/download.html)
-* [Community](http://nimrod-lang.org/community.html)
-* [FAQ](http://nimrod-lang.org/question.html)
-* [Documentation](http://nimrod-lang.org/documentation.html)
-* [Manual](http://nimrod-lang.org/manual.html)
-* [Standard Libray](http://nimrod-lang.org/lib.html)
-* [Rosetta Code](http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Category:Nimrod)
+* [Home Page](http://nim-lang.org)
+* [Download](http://nim-lang.org/download.html)
+* [Community](http://nim-lang.org/community.html)
+* [FAQ](http://nim-lang.org/question.html)
+* [Documentation](http://nim-lang.org/documentation.html)
+* [Manual](http://nim-lang.org/docs/manual.html)
+* [Standard Library](http://nim-lang.org/docs/lib.html)
+* [Rosetta Code](http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Category:Nim)