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diff --git a/docs/doc/syntax.html b/docs/doc/syntax.html index c22de4f6..1eab4d0c 100644 --- a/docs/doc/syntax.html +++ b/docs/doc/syntax.html @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ </pre> <p>BQN's built-in operations also have patterns to indicate the syntactic role: 1-modifiers (<code><span class='Modifier'>˜¨˘⁼⌜´`</span></code>) are all superscript characters, and 2-modifiers (<code><span class='Modifier2'>∘○⊸⟜⌾⊘◶⚇⎉⍟</span></code>) all have an unbroken circle (two functions <code><span class='Function'>⌽⍉</span></code> have broken circles with lines through them). Every other built-in constant is a function, although the special symbols <code><span class='Number'>¯</span></code>, <code><span class='Number'>∞</span></code>, and <code><span class='Number'>π</span></code> are used as part of numeric literal notation.</p> <h3 id="assignment">Assignment</h3> -<p>Another element that can be included in expressions is assignment, which is written with <code><span class='Gets'>←</span></code> to <em>define</em> (also called "declare" in many other languages) a variable and <code><span class='Gets'>↩</span></code> to <em>change</em> its definition. A variable can only be defined once within a scope, and can only be changed if it has already been defined. However, it can be shadowed, meaning that it is defined again in an inner scope even though it has a definition in an outer scope already.</p> +<p>Another element that can be included in expressions is assignment, which is written with <code><span class='Gets'>←</span></code> to <em>define</em> (also called "declare" in many other languages) a variable and <code><span class='Gets'>↩</span></code> to <em>change</em> its definition. A variable can only be defined once within a <a href="lexical.html">scope</a>, and can only be changed if it has already been defined. However, it can be shadowed, meaning that it is defined again in an inner scope even though it has a definition in an outer scope already.</p> <a class="replLink" title="Open in the REPL" target="_blank" href="https://mlochbaum.github.io/BQN/try.html#code=eOKGkDEg4ouEIHt44oaQMiDii4QgeOKGqTMg4ouEIHh9Cng=">↗️</a><pre> <span class='Value'>x</span><span class='Gets'>←</span><span class='Number'>1</span> <span class='Separator'>⋄</span> <span class='Brace'>{</span><span class='Value'>x</span><span class='Gets'>←</span><span class='Number'>2</span> <span class='Separator'>⋄</span> <span class='Value'>x</span><span class='Gets'>↩</span><span class='Number'>3</span> <span class='Separator'>⋄</span> <span class='Value'>x</span><span class='Brace'>}</span> 3 <span class='Value'>x</span> @@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ <h3 id="separators">Separators</h3> <p>The characters <code><span class='Separator'>⋄</span></code> and <code><span class='Separator'>,</span></code> and newline are completely interchangeable and are used to separate expressions. An expression might be an element in a list or a line in a function. Empty sections—those that consist only of whitespace—are ignored. This means that any number of separators can be used between expressions, and that leading and trailing separators are also allowed. The expressions are evaluated in text order: left to right and top to bottom.</p> <h3 id="list-notation">List notation</h3> +<p><em><a href="arrayrepr.html#list-literals">Full documentation</a></em></p> <p>Lists (1-dimensional arrays) are enclosed in angle brackets <code><span class='Bracket'>⟨⟩</span></code>, with the results of the expressions in between being the list's elements. Lists of two elements or more can also be written with the ligature character <code><span class='Ligature'>‿</span></code>. This character has higher binding strength than any part of an expression. If one of the elements is a compound expression, then it will need to be enclosed in parentheses.</p> <h3 id="blocks">Blocks</h3> <p><em><a href="block.html">Full documentation</a></em></p> |