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Jayson Harshbarger edited this page Apr 17, 2016 · 8 revisions

Hello world

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console.log("Hello World!") "Hello World!" println

Literals

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3 3
3.1415 3.1415
0x0F 0x0F
no complex numbers i
'Hello world!' 'Hello world!' (doesn't support unicode escapes)
"\uD83D\uDE80" "\uD83D\uDE80" (supports unicode escapes)
`3 === ${1+2}` `3 === $(1 2 +)`
true true
[1,2,3] [1 2 3] (commas are options)

Arrays / Lists

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[3,4] [ 3 4 ]
[3,4][0] [ 3 4 ] 0 @

Objects / Records

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{ x: 3, y: 4 } { x: 3, y: 4 } (commas are options)
({ x: 3, y: 4 }).x { x: 3, y: 4 } x: @

Functions

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1 + 2 1 2 +
() => true [ true ]
(x,y) => x + y [ + ]
function add(x,y) { return x + y; } add: [ + ] ;
Math.max(3, 4) 3 4 max
Math.min(1, Math.pow(2, 4)) 1 2 4 ^ min
[1,2,3].map(Math.sqrt) [1 2 3] sqrt: map
[{ x: 3, y: 4 }, ... ].map(p => p.x) [{ x: 3 y: 4 } ... ] [ @x ] map

Control Flow

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3 > 2 ? '😺' : '🐶' 3 2 > '😺' '🐶' choose

Strings

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'abc' + '123' 'abc' '123' +
'abc'.length 'abc' length
'abc' + 123 'abc' 123 +

Others

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var n = 42 N/A