Expressions

literals
A number of literals are supported:

• Strings: "This is a string"
• Ints: 22
• Float: 8.3
• Boolean: true/false
• List: [, , ...]
• Empty list: List<Int>()
• Set: {, , ...}
• Empty set: Set<Int>()
• Null: null

operators
The following operators are supported:

• Addition (numeric types) and string concatenation: +
• Subtraction (numeric types): -
• Multiplication (numeric types): *
• Division (numeric types): /
• Modulus (integer type): %
• Casting (casts a variable as one of another type): as (example: 8 as Float)

binary operators

• Equality: ==
• Inequality: !=
• Bigger than: >
• Bigger than or equal to: >=
• Smaller than: <
• Smaller than or equal to: <=
• Instance of: is a (checks if a certain expression is of a certain runtime type)
• Contained in collection: in (checks if a certain expression is contained in a collection)
• and: &&
• or: ||
• not: !

Example:

    if(!(b is a String) && (b in [8, 5] || b + 3 = 7)) {
       // ...
    }

variables
Variables can be accessed by use of their identifiers and their properties using the . notation. Example: person.lastName

indexed access List elements can be retrieved and assigned using index access syntax:

var a := list[0]; list[2] := "test";

Expressions