/worm-script

Primary LanguageJavaScript

worm-script

Table of Contents

reserved words

  • if
  • elif
  • else
  • case
  • switch
  • break
  • continue
  • do
  • while
  • try
  • catch
  • in
  • where
  • for
  • ... any javascript reserved words

Constant assignment 

a = 5

This transpiles to const a = 5 if there is no re-assignment otherwise let a = 5

Function assignment

The default is always to return undefined or the last declared variable

no parameters

foo = ()

This transpiles to const foo = () => { return undefined }

parameters

foo = (
  @ a
  @ b
  a + b
)

or

foo = (
  @ a, b
  a + b
)

This transpiles to const foo = (a, b) => { const generated_id = a + b return genetrated_id }

Conditional Statements

if elif else

if expression {
 // code
} elif expression {
 // code
} else {
 // code
}

This transpiles to the traditional javscript if / else if / and else

switch case

switch expression {
 case 'case1' {
 // code
 }
 case 'case2' {
 // code
 }
}

This transpiles to the traditional javascript switch and case statement with breaks

Iteration

For loop

for x in obj {
 // code
}

Transpiles to javascript for-in loop if obj is a dict and for-of if obj is any other object

While loop

while expression {
 // code
}

Transpiles to javascript while loop

Do-while

do {
 // code 
while expression
}

Transpiles to javascript do-while loop

Easy map-filter 

x = [ variable.x for variable in arr where variable.x > 5 ]

Transpiles to const x = arr.filter( elem => elem.x > 5 ).map( elem => elem.x )

Array indexing 

a = 'Hello'
print(a[1])

This prints 'e' and transpiles to console.log(a.substring(1,2)) if a is a string

a = [1,2,3]
print(a[1])

This prints '2' and transpiles to console.log(a[1])

Try/Catch 

a = [0, 4, 5][4]

onError(
@ error
print(error)
)

To add error handling, simply declare the a function that handles errors using the onError keyword

Operators and Aliases 

& and
| or
+ plus
- minus
/ divide
* multiply
^ exponent
// floor division
and
or
is
isnt
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