Data Types

Data types are one of the building blocks of nbcl. This page will cover all of them and their usage examples.

Strings

There are three types of strings in nbcl: regular string, raw string, formatted string.

Regular String:

nbcl

print("Hello! \n")

output

"Hello!
"

Raw String:

nbcl

# Strings are set as-is
print(r"Hello! \n")

output

"Hello! \n"

Formatted String:

nbcl

# Strings that allow embedding values of variables
const val = "World"
print(f"Hello, ${val}!")

output

"Hello, World!"

Integers

Whole numbers on which arithmetics can be performed.

const val = 7
print(val * 2)

Floats

Floating numbers on which arithmetics can be performed.

const val = 7.0
print(val * 2.0)

Boolean

true or false values.

const val = true

if val {
    print("Val is true")
}

Null

Value representing none, or undefined. The user will mostly never have to work with this type.

# null can be set like this
const val = null

Map

A map of values in key = value order. Values can be accessed in the namespace.key format.

const map = { x = "Hello" }
print(map.x)

Closures can also be defined inside maps.

const map = { x = || print("hi") }
map.x()

List

A list (or array) of data types we've discussed.

const val = [1, 2.0, "three", null, { x = "y" } ]
print(val)

Similar to maps, closures can be defined inside a list.

const val = [|| print("Hello!")]
val[0]()