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Bottles of Beer Song in Magenta

~~ Classic Beer Song
task beerSong: Vacant() ->  
    String bottles;
    Integer i = 99;
    while [i >= 1] ->

        if [i == 1] ->
        bottles = "bottle";
        <-
        
        if [i > 1] ->
        bottles = "bottles";
        <-

        emit(i + " " + bottles + " of beer on the wall,");
        emit(i + " " + bottles + " of beer,");
        emit("Take one down, pass it around,");

        i = i - 1;
        emit(i + " bottles of beer on the wall!");
    <-
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Website

Magenta Official Website

Installation / Running Magenta

Installing:

git clone https://github.com/angelina-tsuboi/Magenta.git

Running a Magenta File:

cd Magenta/src
./rm-gen.sh && ./run.sh FILE_NAME.mgnta

Features

Class Structure

block Robot ->
  Integer age = 3;
  String name = "Bob";
  task greeting: Vacant() -> 
    emit "Hello, my name is " + age;
  <-
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Function Structure

task getSum: Integer(Integer one, Integer two) ->
  Integer sum = one + two;
  pass sum;
<-

Types

• Boolean

Boolean bool = true;
Boolean bool2 = false;

• Integer

Integer int = 2;
Integer age = 14;

• Decimal

Decimal dec = 289.3;
Decimal pi = 3.141592;

• String

String alphabet = "abcdef";
String intro = "Hello World";

• Vacant

task sayHello: Vacant -> 
  emit("hello");
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Statements

• Emit: prints out a value

emit("Hello World!");
emit("Emit prints stuff out!");

• Pass: returns value from function or method

task getPi: Decimal() -> 
  pass 3.14;
<-

Comments

• One-line comments:

~~ This is a comment

• Multi-line comments:

~* 
  This is a 
  multi-line 
  comment
  block!
*~

Examples

Function to Check if Number is Even or Odd

task evenOrOdd: Vacant(Integer number) -> 
    if(number % 2 == 0) ->
     emit("Number is even");
     pass;
    <-
    
    emit("Number is odd");
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Simple Car Block (Class)

block Car ->
    Decimal fuel = 17.89;
    Integer miles = 88;
    String brand = "Mercedes";
    
    task introduce: Vacant() ->
        emit("This is a " + brand + " car!");
    <-
    
    task getFuel: Decimal() ->
        pass fuel;
    <-
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