Syntax Reference

Comments

# This is a comment
say "hello"  # Inline comment

Comments start with # and continue to end of line.

Variables

let name = value
name = new_value

Functions

fn name(param1, param2) {
  # body
  return value
}

Anonymous functions:

fn(x) { return x * 2 }

Print

say expression
say "interpolated: {expr}"

If / Else

if condition {
  # ...
} else if condition {
  # ...
} else {
  # ...
}

While Loop

while condition {
  # ...
}

Loop N Times

loop count times {
  # ...
}

Arrays

let arr = [1, 2, 3]
arr[0]              # access
arr[0] = 10         # assign

Strings

"plain string"
"interpolation: {expr}"
"escape: \n \t \\ \""

Operators (Precedence, high to low)

Precedence	Operators	Description
1	not, - (unary)	Unary
2	*, /, %	Multiplicative
3	+, -	Additive
4	<, >, <=, >=	Comparison
5	==, !=	Equality
6	and	Logical AND
7	or	Logical OR

Keywords

let  fn  return  if  else  while  loop  times  say
and  or  not  true  false  null

Semicolons

Optional. Zink uses newlines and braces to determine statement boundaries.