The Argon Programming Language

Key Features of Argon

• easy to learn for new developers
• automatic type changing (e.g. INPUT: 'age: ' + 34 OUTPUT: 'age: 34')
• boolean renamed from true and false to yes and no
• the syntax is very similar to python and javascript
• no floats and ints, only numbers

Examples

Hello world:

log('hello, world!')

Inputs:

input('name: ')

Variables:

const myConstant = "this can't change!"
var myVariable = "this can change!"
myOtherVariable = "this can also change!"

Addition:

const word1 = 'hello'
const word2 = 'world'
log(word1 + ' ' + word2)

If Statements:

const password = 'password123'
const guess = input('password: ')
if (password == guess) [
   log('correct') 
] else [
   log('incorrect')
]

While Loops:

var i = 0
while (i <- 100) [
   log(i)
   i++
]

Logic (Boolean):

log('true is now', yes)
log('false is now', no)
log('none is now', unknown)

while (yes) [
   log('Argon is EPIC!')
]

Items (Lists or Arrays):

[1, 2, 3]
const names = ['john', 'joe', 'bob']

log(names[2])

Books (Dictionaries or Objects):

const user = {'name': 'bob', 'age': 34, 'hobbies': ['Programming in Argon!', 'Playing video games!']}

log(user['name'])

Subs (Functions):

sub hello(username) [
  return 'hello, ' + username + ', how are you?'
]
log(hello('bob'))

How do I run Argon?

Setup:

• download the Argon executable for Windows, MacOS or Linux

Run a file:

• make a file with the extention as .ar and put your Argon code inside that file
• call the Argon executable with a parameter as the path to your .ar file, (e.g. $ argon example.ar)

Run the shell:

• run the Argon executable without any parameters, (e.g. $ argon)