Literals

Literals

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Numbers

Number objects are created by converting a String literal into a numeric value. This is done using the ȥ token which will take the top of the stack and convert the object into a numeric value and push on a Number object. Now, if the following script is ran “-10.5”ȥ then the output will not be -10.5 but instead the number 1073579251 will be created. This is because the printable characters from ¤ to ~ represent digits for a base 95 number. Therein, to create the number 10 it is “*”ȥ.

For negative numbers, the token Ȥ can be used instead. This will either turn a number negative or convert a String object into a Number as a negative number using base 95 conversion. In order to get decimal numbers, the character ¶ can be used which will be counted as the decimal point. (Currently all other ¶ will be ignored).

Simple Number Golfing

Since a number will always be a string followed by either ȥ or Ȥ, these tokens will consume all printable characters preceding up to a non-printable character or the start of the program. The single ¶ is just a decimal by itself therein will produce zero. So, instead Noodel will interpret as the value 0.5 or the string ¶%.

Less Simple Number Golfing

Since ¤ȥ and ¤Ȥ both produce zero, Noodel will interpret ¤Ȥ as 100 or the string !%. To make use of even more ¤ being present that do not change the resulting value, the following is done:

¤ȥ   => 0
¤¤ȥ  => 1000
¤¤¤ȥ => 10000
...
¤Ȥ   => 100
¤¤Ȥ  => -1000
¤¤¤Ȥ => -10000
...

To go even further:

¤"ȥ   => "ȥ * 100   # Where the `"` can be any base 95 number.
¤¤"ȥ  => "ȥ * 1000  # Where the `"` can be any base 95 number.
¤¤¤"ȥ => "ȥ * 10000 # Where the `"` can be any base 95 number.
...
¤"Ȥ   => "Ȥ * -100   # Where the `"` can be any base 95 number.
¤¤"Ȥ  => "Ȥ * -1000  # Where the `"` can be any base 95 number.
¤¤¤"Ȥ => "Ȥ * -10000 # Where the `"` can be any base 95 number.
...

Also, since ¤¤!ȥ would be the same as ¤¤ȥ we can have even more quick references to numbers:

¤!ȥ   => 0.01
¤¤!ȥ  => 0.001
¤¤¤!ȥ => 0.0001
...
¤!Ȥ   => -0.01
¤¤!Ȥ  => -0.001
¤¤¤!Ȥ => -0.0001
...

Examples

“*”ȥ => 10
*ȥ   => 10
*Ȥ   => -10
¶Ȥ   => -0.5
*¶Ȥ  => -10.5
"\ȥ  => 250
¤9ȥ  => 2500

Strings

String literals start with “ and end with ” where any of the following characters can be placed in between:

¶¤!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~

These characters are called the printables.

When instantiating a String object it will be pushed to the top of the stack. The characters ¤ and ¶ will be interpreted as a space and a new-line respectively. This is because the character is used for separating characters to prevent concatenating commands which can be used to separate String literals. Also, the \n character is a much more complicated it deserves its own page.

Simple String Golfing

Since this is a code-golfing language, there are shorter ways to do strings. The first and most simplest being that if just the starting “ is present, the parser will continue to consume all printable characters until a non-printable character or end of the program is found. The second is by ending a stream of printable characters with the ” which will take all printable characters preceding up to a non-printable or start of the program. The last way is that the printable characters ¤ and ¶ are only used when creating String objects. Therein, if they are present in a continuous stream of printable characters, the opening and closing quotes are not needed for the String literal.

Examples

“Hello,¤world!” => Hello, world!
Hello,¤world!”  => Hello, world!
“Hello,¤world!  => Hello, world!
Hello,¤world!   => Hello, world!

Arrays

Array objects are created by morphing objects on the stack. The most basic way to create an Array object is by grouping a set of literals.

Then maybe can have shortcuts to get from stack? Might be better to just grab everything on stack up to some point...

⁽!ȥ"ȥ#ȥ$ȥ⁾ => [1, 2, 3, 4]