Inspired by Rockstar, Liveticker is a super-simple programming language to write code that looks like a football (soccer) liveticker. The source code is translated to Python code and then gets executed with Python.
To run a program written in Liveticker you need to have Python 3 installed. No additional Python packages are needed
so far.
Then you just clone this repository and run the following command in your console:
python /path/to/repo/liveticker.py --file /path/to/file.live
- Variable names can contain spaces.
- Every dot in the text is ignored as well as upper and lower case letters. Every letter gets converted into lowercase.
- A variable for a number gets initialized by the number on the jersey:
Christiano Ronaldo has the number 7->christiano_ronaldo = 7. - To initialize a number variable with zero, one can tell that he does not play:
Lionel Messi is not on the pitch->lionel_messi = 0. Everything after "is not on the pitch" can be anything you want it to be. - A number is incremented by scoring a goal:
Didier Drogba scores a goal->didier_drogba += 1. - Subtract a variable from another:
a gets as many goals denied by the VAR b->a -= b. The part between "gets as many goals denied" and the second "as" is not considered. - For comparisons there are currently the following operations:
a is better than b->a > ba is better than or as good as b->a >= ba is worse than b->a < ba is worse than or as good as b->a <= ba scores no goal->a == 0
- To connect two comparisons you can use
and. - To create a while-loop, write
whilein front of a comparison:While A is better than b->while a > b:.- A sentence with "new kickoff" in it continues the loop to the next iteration:
The ball crossed the goal line, new kickoff.->continue. Everything else in this line is not important.
- A sentence with "new kickoff" in it continues the loop to the next iteration:
- An if-statement is achieved by putting
ifin front of a comparison:If A is better than b->if a > b:. - A new function is introduced by writing the function name, then "plays with" and then specifying how many arguments
the function has:
Werder Bremen plays with 3 defenders today.->def werder_bremen(the_first, the_second). Up to nine parameters are possible. Everything after the number is not considered.- To access an argument inside a function, use "the first", "the second", ...
- A variable is returned if it gets the ball:
Robert Lewandowski gets the ball->return robert_lewandowski
- A block of code (if, while, function) is ended by a line in which the word "referee" is in.
- Call to a method:
Germany including (Lukas Podolski,Michael Ballack)->germany(lukas_podolski, michael_ballack) - If there is a "says" in a line, everything after it (in quotes) is printed to the console:
Someone says "Hello"->print("Hello"). It doesn't matter who says something. - To print a variable, "calls for" is used:
The trainer calls for Mo Salah->print(mo_salah).
There are a few examples on how this programming language works in the examples folder.
This project is under the MIT License.