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authorDivay Prakash <divayprakash@users.noreply.github.com>2019-12-23 23:14:50 +0530
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2019-12-23 23:14:50 +0530
commit16dc074e39f5f996639f23f4d6812c211ae5d22d (patch)
tree63be0d1a3885201f3d13f1dc00266fb719f304a7 /red.html.markdown
parentffd1fed725668b48ec8c11cbe419bd1e8d136ae3 (diff)
parent1d5f3671ea4bc6d7a70c3026c1ae6857741c50a6 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' into master
Diffstat (limited to 'red.html.markdown')
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/red.html.markdown b/red.html.markdown
index 3575032f..74538bd7 100644
--- a/red.html.markdown
+++ b/red.html.markdown
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ type? my-integer
integer!
; A variable can be initialized using another variable that gets initialized
-; at the same time.
+; at the same time. Initialize here refers to both declaring a variable and
+; assigning a value to it.
i2: 1 + i1: 1
; Arithmetic is straightforward
@@ -113,12 +114,12 @@ i2 * i1 ; result 2
i1 / i2 ; result 0 (0.5, but truncated towards 0)
; Comparison operators are probably familiar, and unlike in other languages
-; you only need a single '=' sign for comparison.
+; you only need a single '=' sign for comparison. Inequality is '<>' like in Pascal.
; There is a boolean like type in Red. It has values true and false, but also
; the values on/off or yes/no can be used
3 = 2 ; result false
-3 != 2 ; result true
+3 <> 2 ; result true
3 > 2 ; result true
3 < 2 ; result false
2 <= 2 ; result true
@@ -128,8 +129,8 @@ i1 / i2 ; result 0 (0.5, but truncated towards 0)
; Control Structures
;
; if
-; Evaluate a block of code if a given condition is true. IF does not return
-; any value, so cannot be used in an expression.
+; Evaluate a block of code if a given condition is true. IF returns
+; the resulting value of the block or 'none' if the condition was false.
if a < 0 [print "a is negative"]
; either
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ print ["a is " msg lf]
; until
; Loop over a block of code until the condition at end of block, is met.
-; UNTIL does not return any value, so it cannot be used in an expression.
+; UNTIL always returns the 'true' value from the final evaluation of the last expression.
c: 5
until [
prin "o"