The "Unknown:"s below indicate that an entry is incomplete.
foo ... end where foo in { if, for, while, ... } | block (grouping statements, especially when statements are not expressions) |
// | commenting (until end of line) |
< > <= >= | comparison |
min / max | comparison (min / max (binary or more)) |
== ~= eq ne isequal | equality / inequality (deep) |
( ... ) | grouping expressions |
evstr / execstr | runtime evaluation |
global v1 v2 | variable assignment or declaration (declaration) |
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documentation comment
information about the current line and file
tokens (case-sensitivity (keywords, variable identifiers...))
tokens (what is the standard way for scrunching together multiple words)
tokens (variable identifier regexp)
breaking lines (useful when end-of-line and/or indentation has a special meaning)
comparison (returns 3 values (i.e. inferior, equal or superior))
force garbage collection
function retval = f(para1, para2) retval = ... | function definition |
function f(para1, para2) ... | function definition (procedures) |
function f(varargin) for e=varargin ...(e) end | function definition (variable number of arguments) |
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function call
function call (with no parameter)
function return value
function called when a function is not defined (in dynamic languages)
runtime inspecting the caller information
, | sequence |
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if_then
if_then_else
multiple selection (switch)
loop (forever loop)
loop (while condition do something)
loop (do something until condition)
loop (for each value in a numeric range, 1 increment (see also the entries about ranges))
loop (for each value in a numeric range, 1 decrement)
loop (for each value in a numeric range, free increment)
loop (for "a la C" (while + initialisation))
breaking control flow (returning a value)
breaking control flow (goto (unconditional jump))
breaking control flow (continue / break)
exception (throwing)
exception (catching)
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method invocation
method invocation (with no parameter)
object creation
object cloning
manually call an object's destructor
class declaration
testing class membership
get the type/class corresponding to an object/instance/value
methods available
inheritance
has the method
current instance
accessing parent method
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package scope
declare
import
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character "z"
strings (with no interpolation of variables)
strings (with interpolation of variables)
strings (end-of-line (without writing the real CR or LF character))
multi-line
convert something to a string (see also string interpolation)
serialize (marshalling)
unserialize (un-marshalling)
sprintf-like
simple print
string equality & inequality
string size
string concatenation
duplicate n times
upper / lower case character
uppercase / lowercase / capitalized string
ascii to character
character to ascii
accessing n-th character
extract a substring
locate a substring
locate a substring (starting at the end)
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false value
true value
logical not
logical or / and
size | list size |
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list concatenation
list flattening
list constructor
list/array indexing
adding an element at the beginning (list cons)
adding an element at index
adding an element at the end
first element
all but the first element
last element
get the first element and remove it
get the last element and remove it
for each element do something
is an element in the list
smallest / biggest element
join a list of strings in a string using a glue string
iterate with index
remove duplicates
sort
reverse
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tuple constructor
computable tuple (these are a kind of immutable lists playing a special role in parameter passing) (empty tuple)
computable tuple (these are a kind of immutable lists playing a special role in parameter passing) (1-uple)
computable tuple (these are a kind of immutable lists playing a special role in parameter passing) (using a tuple for a function call)
reference (pointer) (creation)
reference (pointer) (dereference)
optional value (null value)
optional value (value)
optional value (null coalescing)
record (selector)
dictionary (constructor)
dictionary (access)
dictionary (has the key ?)
dictionary (remove by key)
dictionary (list of keys)
dictionary (list of values)
dictionary (merge)
range
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numbers syntax (integers)
numbers syntax (integers in base 2, octal and hexadecimal)
numbers syntax (floating point)
addition / subtraction / multiplication / division
exponentiation (power)
negation
random (random number)
random (seed the pseudo random generator)
operator priorities and associativities
square root / e-exponential / absolute value
trigonometry (basic)
trigonometry (inverse)
logarithm (base e)
logarithm (base 10)
modulo
truncate / round / floor / ceil
bitwise operators