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  72. <h1 class="section-header">Values and Types</h1><hr>
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  74. Gravity is a dynamically typed language so variables do not have a type, although they refer to a value that does have a type. In Gravity everything is an object (with methods you can call and instance variables you can use). Basic intrinsic types are of class Object, Int, Float, String, Bool, Null, <a href="classes.html">Class</a>, <a href="functions.html">Function</a>, Fiber, Instance, <a href="lists.html">List</a>, <a href="maps.html">Map</a> and Range.
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  76. <h4 class="section-h4">Object</h4>
  77. <p>Object is the root class of every object inside Gravity. Through the Object class, objects inherit a basic interface to the runtime system and the ability to behave as Gravity objects.</p>
  78. <h4 class="section-h4">Int</h4>
  79. <p>An Int represents a 64 bits (can optionally be compiled as 32bit) signed number:</p>
  80. <pre><code class="swift">
  81. var a = 123; // decimal
  82. var b = 0xFF; // hexadecimal
  83. var c = 0O7777; // octal
  84. var d = 0B0101; // binary
  85. var e = Int.random(1, 10) // Returns a random integer between 1 and 10 inclusive
  86. </code></pre>
  87. <h4 class="section-h4">Float</h4>
  88. <p>A float represents a 32 bits (or better) floating point number:</p>
  89. <pre><code class="swift">
  90. var a = 3.1415; // float
  91. var b = 1.25e2; // scientific notation
  92. </code></pre>
  93. <h4 class="section-h4">String</h4>
  94. <p>Strings are an immutable sequence of characters. String literals can be surrounded in double or single quotes.</p>
  95. <pre><code class="swift">
  96. var a = "Hello World"; // double quotes
  97. var b = 'Hello World'; // single quotes
  98. // Strings have also a length property
  99. var n = b.length; // n is now 11
  100. // Strings also have some built in methods
  101. n = b.index("Wor") // n is now 6.
  102. n = b.count("l") // n is now 3.
  103. n = b.count("llo") // n is now 1.
  104. n = "A".repeat(10) // n is now "AAAAAAAAAA"
  105. // upper() and lower() operate on the whole string when 0 arguments are passed
  106. n = b.upper() // n is now "HELLO WORLD"
  107. n = b.lower() // n is now "hello world"
  108. // upper() and lower() can both take multiple integer arguments
  109. n = b.upper(1, -1) // n is now "HEllo WorlD"
  110. // split() is the opposite of a list join
  111. var string = "Roses are Red, Violets are Blue"
  112. var list = string.split(", ")
  113. list[0] // "Roses are Red"
  114. list[1] // "Violets are Blue"
  115. // You are also able to edit strings by character...
  116. b[0] = "Z" // b is now "Zello World"
  117. b[1] = "abc" // b is now "Zabco World"
  118. b[-7] = "QWERTY" // b is now "ZabcQWERTYd"
  119. // and retrieve those characters
  120. n = a[6] // n is now "W"
  121. n = a[-7] // n is now "o"
  122. n = a[0...4] // n is now "Hello"
  123. n = a[-5...-1] // n is now "World"
  124. n = a[-5...10] // n is now "World"
  125. n = a[-1...-5] // n is now "dlroW"
  126. </code></pre>
  127. <h4 class="section-h4">Bool</h4>
  128. <p>The bool data type can have only two values, they are the literals true and false. A Bool value expresses the validity of a condition (tells whether the condition is true or false).</p>
  129. <pre><code class="swift">
  130. var a = true;
  131. var b = false;
  132. </code></pre>
  133. <h4 class="section-h4">Null</h4>
  134. <p>It indicates the absence of a value. If you call a method that doesn’t return anything and get its returned value, you get null back. The null data type is also used to initialize uninitialized variables with a default value.</p>
  135. <pre><code class="swift">
  136. class Newton {
  137. var mass = 10;
  138. var acceleration;
  139. func force() {
  140. return mass * acceleration;
  141. }
  142. }
  143. func f2() {
  144. var sir = Newton();
  145. // acceleration instance variable has no default value
  146. // so it is automatically set to null
  147. return sir.force();
  148. }
  149. func f1() {
  150. var a;
  151. // a is uninitialized so it has a default null value
  152. return a;
  153. }
  154. </code></pre>
  155. <h4 class="section-h4">Range</h4>
  156. <p>A range is an object that represents a consecutive range of numbers. Syntax for this type has been directly inspired by Swift.</p>
  157. <pre><code class="swift">
  158. // a represents a range with values 1,2,3
  159. var a = 1...3;
  160. // b represents a range with values 1,2
  161. var b = 1..<3;
  162. // Ranges have also a conveniente count property
  163. var n1 = a.count; // n1 is now 3
  164. var n2 = b.count; // n2 is now 2
  165. </code></pre>
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