Everything related to symbols is still subject to changes.
This is only a quick reference. There are some subtle nuances related to some symbols.
(a) Some symbols are used multiple times with different meanings in different contexts.
| Symbol |
Description |
| ; |
End of statement |
| . |
Navigation to contained sub item or data fragment |
| , |
List element separator |
| { ... } |
Scope delimitation |
| ( ... ) |
List of arguments or values |
| " ... " |
Static string declaration |
| ' ... ' |
Operator defined by the user |
Declaration/Allocation and Assignment:
| Symbol |
Description |
| : |
Declaration of a variable with the type defined explicitly by the programmer (a) |
| = |
Assignment operator (a) |
| := |
Declaration and assignment with data type inferred by the compiler |
| :: |
Constant declaration and assignment of: |
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* a value with data type inferred by the compiler |
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* a reusable code block: procedure/function |
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* a user defined type: struct/enum/... |
Boolean/Logic/Comparison operators:
| Symbol |
Description |
| == |
Is equal comparison (a) |
| != |
Is Not equal comparison (a) |
| ! |
Logic NOT operator |
| && |
Logic AND operator |
| || |
Logic OR operator |
| > |
Greater operator |
| >= |
Greater or equal operator |
| < |
Lesser operator |
| <= |
Lesser or equal operator |
| Symbol |
Description |
| + |
Addition operator |
| += |
Addition and assignment operator |
| ++ |
Self increment operator |
| - |
Subtraction operator (a) |
| -= |
Subtraction and assignment operator (a) |
| -- |
Self decrement operator |
| * |
Multiplication operator (a) |
| *= |
Multiplication and assignment operator |
| / |
Floating point division operator |
| /= |
Floating point division and assignment operator |
| ^ |
Exponentiation operator |
| ^= |
Exponentiation and assignement operator |
| % |
Modulus operator |
| %= |
Modulus and assignment operator |
| Symbol |
Description |
| & |
Bitwise AND operator |
| &= |
Bitwise AND and assignment operator |
| | |
Bitwise OR operator |
| |= |
Bitwise OR and assignment operator |
| ~ |
Bitwise Complement operator |
| ~= |
Bitwise Complement and assignment operator |
| Symbol |
Description |
| [ N ] |
Static Array of length N |
| [..] |
Variable length array |
| .. |
Range operator |
| Symbol |
Description |
| * |
Pointer type declaration (a) |
| *~ |
Relative pointer type declaration |
| << |
Pointer explicit de-referentiation |
| Symbol |
Description |
| # |
Compiler directive statement |
| @ |
Serialization decorator statement or compiler directive |
| $ |
Polymorphic Type declaration usually in function argument |
| Symbol |
Description |
| -> |
Function return type or types |
| : |
Explicit rename of the iterator in for loops (a) |
| ` |
Backtick Declare an entity from an outer scope |
| <- |
Access an entity from an outer scope |
| xx |
Auto cast |
| --- |
Explicitly not initialized |