Nim
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Fast general purpose programming language
Language Features
Basics
echo "Hello World!"Hello World!
echo 1+12
Variables
var letter = 'a'
echo lettera
With type declaration:
var lang: string = "Nim"
echo langNim
let for immutables:
let name: string = "Damien"
echo nameDamien
const for immutables known at compile-time:
const number: int = 9
echo number9
Strings
Concatenation:
var name = "Damien"
var greeting = "Hello "
echo greeting & nameHello Damien
Containers
Arrays
echo ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e']| ['a' | 'b' | 'c' | 'd' | 'e'] |
let list = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e']
echo list[1]
echo list[^1]| b |
| e |
Countup
for i in countup(1, 5):
echo i| 1 |
| 2 |
| 3 |
| 4 |
| 5 |
Shorter syntax for countup():
for i in 1 .. 5:
echo i| 1 |
| 2 |
| 3 |
| 4 |
| 5 |
Control Flow
if 1 < 2:
echo "Math is right"Math is right
For Loops
for letter in "Damien":
echo letter| D |
| a |
| m |
| i |
| e |
| n |
for index, letter in ['a', 'b', 'c']:
echo index, " ", letter| 0 | a |
| 1 | b |
| 2 | c |