Variables

Variables are a way to store data for later access or modification. Variables are only accessible inside of the scope they were defined in.

define main(){
    my_var = "foo"; // type-inference makes this variable a string
    my_var = 9; // will throw an error, we already declared that my_var is a string

    println(my_var);
}

explicit type definition

define main(){
    my_var: string = "foo";
    my_var2: i32 = "bar"; // will throw an error, the value is of the wrong type.

    println(my_var);
}

assignment operators

This is a list of all the different types of assignment.

types of assignment

symbol	description
+=	addition assignment
-=	subtraction assignment
*=	multiplication assignment
/=	division assignment
=	normal assignment

Scope

The best way to explain variable scope is by example

define main() { // scope 1
    foo = 12; // defined in scope 1

    { // scope 2
      bar = 15; // defined in scope 2
      println(foo); // no issues since scope 2 is *inside* scope 1
    }

    println(bar); // throws a compile time error
}