Mamba programming language

Mamba is a simple dynamic typed, programming language

Installation requirements

• Python3
• ply
• py2exe

Features

• Variables (duh)
• Functions
• Flow control statements
• Loops (for in, for, inf loop, while)
• Loop exit statement
• Compound operators
• Pythonic sequence (array, string) slicing

Data types

• Integer
• Float
• String
• Boolean
• Arrays

TODO

• Modules

Language description

Variables

variables are dynamically typed immediately declared upon use number = 42;

Operators

logic: and or not in not in > >= < <= == !=

arithmetic: + - * / **(Power)

binary: ~ ^ | & >> <<

ternary: test ? true_value : false_value

Functions

functions are declared via the following grammar

fn func_name( [<arguments>,] ){
    < statements >
}

fn random(){
    ret 4;
}

return value is specified with the ret keyword which, as expected, immediately halts function execution upon being called. Functions can have their private functions which are inaccessible to the outer scope.

Flow control

Mamba supports if statements for flow control via the following syntax

if < expression > {
    < statements >
}

nb: Brackets are mandatory, while parenthesis on the expression are optional

Loops

Mamba supports two kind of loops, for and while

** for syntax **

for variable in sequence {
    < statements >
}

nb: sequence accepts arrays and strings

for variable in low -> high {
    < statements >
}

down to loops are constructed as

for variable in high <- low {
    < statements >
}

nb: loop indexes are inclusive

** while syntax **

while < expression > {
    < statements >
}

there is also the alternative for syntax

for {
    < statements >
}

which acts as an infinite loop (which internally is expressed as a while true {} statement)

All loops can be prematurely exited via the exit statement when necessary

Arrays

Arrays have dynamic length and can be declared via the [ ... ] expression

Printing

Printing is supported via the say keyword which accepts a list of values to print. Note that say doesn't add spaces nor newlines after printing.

Standard library

1. Constants

• e
• pi

2. Globals

• argv

3. Functions

• ask(prompt) shows the prompt and returns the result as a string
• int(x [, base])
• float(x)
• round(value, precision)
• abs(x)
• log(x)
• rand
• randrange(lo, hi)
• sin(x)
• cos(x)
• tan(x)
• atan(x)
• str(x)
• substr(str, start, length)
• len(str)
• pos(substr, str)
• upper(str)
• lower(str)
• replace(str, find, replace)
• format(string [, ... ])
• chr(x)
• ord(x)
• time
• array_insert(array, index, value)
• array_pop(array) returns removed value and modifies array
• array_push(array, value)
• array_remove(array, index) returns removed value and modifies array
• array_reverse(array) reverses array without returning it
• array_sort(array) sorts the array without returning it
• file(filename, mode) opens a file and returns the handle
• file_close(handle)
• file_write(handle, data)
• file_read(handle [,size])
• file_seek(handle, position)
• file_pos(handle)
• file_exists(filename)