BASON Language reference

BASON is a work in progress and the core language is still being developed.

Assignment operators

{ "SET": [var, value] } Assign value to variable
{ "INC": var } Increment value of variable

Arithmetic operators

{ "ADD": [a, b] } Addition
{ "SUB": [a, b] } Subtraction
{ "MUL": [a, b] } Multiplication
{ "DIV": [a, b] } Division
{ "MOD": [a, b] } Modulus

Comparison operators

{ "==": [a, b] } Equal to
{ "<>": [a, b] } Not equal
{ ">" : [a, b] } Greater than
{ "<" : [a, b] } Less than
{ ">=": [a, b] } Greater than or equal to
{ "<=": [a, b] } Less than or equal to

Logical operators

{ "AND": [a, b] } returns true if both a and b are true
{ "OR" : [a, b] } returns true if either a or b is true

Statements

{ "LET": [name, value] }
Declares a variable
{ "PRINT": string }
Prints a string to the console
{ "IF": condition, script: [script...] }
Executes a block of statements if condition is met

{ "FOR": [variable, start, end, step], script: [script...] }
Loops over a block of statements a specified number of times

{ "WHILE": condition, script: [script...] }
Loops over a block of statements while condition is true

{ "FUNCTION": [name, params...], script: [script...] }
Declares a function

{ "RETURN": value }
Returns a value from a function and exits