Basics

Vine's syntax is very simple, combining elements from Lua and JavaScript while adding some new features.

Comments

single-line comments

# I am a comment

let a = 1

Multi-line comments

#*
I am a comment
*#

let a = 1

Variables

Variables are declared using the let keyword. Variable names can contain letters, numbers, and underscores, but cannot start with a number.

let a = 1
let b = 2
let c = a + b

Constants

Constants are declared using the cst keyword. Constants are similar to variables, but their values cannot be changed after they are declared.

cst PI = 3.14

Arrays

let arr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Dictionaries

let dict = {"a": 1, "b": 2, "c": 3}

Template String

let name = "world"
let str = "hello, {{name}}"