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Soplang Keywords Reference

Dukumeentigani waxa uu soo koobayaa ereyada (keywords) ee Soplang, macnahooda, u dhigmaha Ingiriisiga, iyo tusaalooyin isticmaal.

Variable Declaration Keywords​

KeywordMeaningEnglish EquivalentExample
doorDynamic variable declarationvar/letdoor magac = "Sharafdin"
madoorConstant variable declarationconstmadoor PI = 3.14159
abnInteger typeintabn da = 25
jajabDecimal/float typefloat/doublejajab qiimo = 3.14
qoraalString typestringqoraal magac = "Sharafdin"
boolBoolean typeboolbool waaRun = run
walaxObject typeobjectwalax person = { name: "Sharafdin" }
teedList/array typearrayteed numbers = [1, 2, 3]
maranNull valuenulldoor a = maran

Control Flow Keywords​

KeywordMeaningEnglish EquivalentExample
haddiiIf statementifhaddii (x > 10) { qor("Weyn") }
haddii_kaleElse if statementelse ifhaddii_kale (x == 10) { qor("Dhexe") }
ugudambeynElse statementelseugudambeyn { qor("Yar") }
dooroSwitch statementswitchdooro (x) { xaalad 1 { qor("Hal") } }
xaaladCase clausecasexaalad "A" { qor("Case A") }
kuceliFor loopforkuceli (i 1 ilaa 5) { qor(i) }
ilaaLoop range endtokuceli (i 1 ilaa 5) { qor(i) }
::Loop incrementstepkuceli (i 1 ilaa 10 :: 2) { qor(i) }
intayWhile loopwhileintay (x < 5) { qor(x) }
joojiBreak statementbreakhaddii (x == 3) { jooji }
socoContinue statementcontinuehaddii (x == 3) { soco }

Function Keywords​

KeywordMeaningEnglish EquivalentExample
hawlFunction declarationfunctionhawl isuGee(a, b) { celi a + b }
celiReturn statementreturnceli x * 2

Special Values​

Somali ValueEnglish EquivalentDescriptionExample
runtrueBoolean true valuehaddii (run) { ... }
beenfalseBoolean false valuehaddii (!been) { ... }
marannullEmpty/null valuedoor val = maran

Operators​

Somali OperatorEnglish EquivalentDescriptionExample
++Additionx = a + b
--Subtractionx = a - b
**Multiplicationx = a * b
//Divisionx = a / b
%%Modulox = a % b
====Equal tohaddii (a == b) {...}
!=!=Not equal tohaddii (a != b) {...}
>>Greater thanhaddii (a > b) {...}
<<Less thanhaddii (a < b) {...}
>=>=Greater than or equal tohaddii (a >= b) {...}
<=<=Less than or equal tohaddii (a <= b) {...}
&&&&Logical ANDhaddii (a && b) {...}
||||Logical ORhaddii (a || b) {...}
!!Logical NOThaddii (!a) {...}

Quick Examples​

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// Variables door magac = "Sharafdin" madoor PI = 3.14159 abn da = 25 jajab qiimo = 3.14 qoraal qora = "Salaan" bool sax = run teed numbers = [1, 2, 3] walax qof = { magac: "Ayaan" } door wax = maran // Control flow haddii (da >= 18) { qor("Qof weyn") } ugudambeyn { qor("Ilmo") } dooro (qora) { xaalad "Salaan" { qor("Hello!") } ugudambeyn { qor("Unknown") } } kuceli (i 1 ilaa 5 :: 2) { qor(i) } abn x = 1 intay (x < 3) { qor(x); x = x + 1 } // Functions hawl isuGee(a, b) { celi a + b } qor(isuGee(2, 3))