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diff --git a/vala.html.markdown b/vala.html.markdown index a296fe9e..c091da05 100755 --- a/vala.html.markdown +++ b/vala.html.markdown @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ filename: LearnVala.vala In GNOME's own words, "Vala is a programming language that aims to bring modern programming language features to GNOME developers without imposing any additional runtime requirements and without using a different ABI compared to applications and libraries written in C." -Vala has aspects of Java and C#, so it'll be familiar to those who know either or. +Vala has aspects of Java and C#, so it'll be natural to those who know either or. [Read more here.](https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala) @@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ stderr.printf("Error message"); // Error printing /* Arrays */ int[] int_array = new int[10]; // Array of ints with 10 slots +int better_int_array[10]; // Shorter way of making int array with 10 slots int_array.length; // => 10; int[] int_array2 = {5, 10, 15, 20}; // Can be created on-the-fly @@ -89,6 +90,14 @@ int second_d = multi_array2.length[1] // => 4 // Multi-dimensional arrays cannot be sliced, nor can they be converted to one- // dimensional. +int[] add_to_array = {}; +add_to_array += 12; // Arrays can be dynamically added to + +add_to_array.resize(20); // Array now has 20 slots + +uint8[] chars = "test message".data; +chars.move(5, 0, 7); +print ((string) chars); // Casts the array to a string and prints "message" struct Closet { public uint shirts; @@ -102,3 +111,5 @@ enum HouseSize { } ``` + +* Read about building GUIs with GTK+ and Vala [here](http://archive.is/7C7bw). |