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RocketLang v0.16 is released

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Features​

HTTP builtin added​

The HTTP builtin has been added which allows to create a builtin webserver and handle incoming requests.

See HTTP for more information.

Add Ability to marshal Objects to JSON Strings​

You can now use .to_json() to various objects in order to convert them to their JSON respresentation.

See JSON for more information.

Support for Next and Break​

Within a loop you can now use break and next for complex control flows.

foreach i in 5
  if (i == 2)
    next("next")
  end
  puts(i)
end

foreach i in 5
  if (i == 2)
    break("break")
  end
  puts(i)
end

// Returns

0
1
3
4
0
1
"break"

Allow String Multiplication​

Support for repeating a string by a given number using the * operator has been added.

🚀 > "test" * 2
=> "testtest"

Allow Integer Iteration​

info

Contribution by RaphaelPour

An Integer can now be iterated.

🚀 > foreach i in 5 { puts(i) }
0
1
2
3
4
=> 5

Support for Modulo Operator​

Modulo has been added as valid operator.

🚀 > 5 % 3
=> 1

Support for Ternery Operator​

It is now possible to use the ? operator.

🚀 > 4 > 3 ? true : false
=> true

While Loop​

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Contribution by MarkusFreitag

Support for while has been added.

🚀 > a = 0
🚀 > while (a != 4)
  puts(a)
  a = a + 1
end
// which prints
0
1
2
3
=> nil

Improvements​

Add Shorthand to convert Float to Integer​

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Contribution by RaphaelPour

The .plz_i() method has been added to the Float object.

🚀 > a = 123.456
=> 123.456
🚀 > a.plz_i()
=> 123

Fix Object Index and add support for Index Range​

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Contribution by MarkusFreitag

The index operator [] has been fixed for many objects and now supports also ranges.

a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
puts(a[2])
puts(a[-2])
puts(a[:2])
puts(a[:-2])
puts(a[2:])
puts(a[-2:])
puts(a[1:-2])

// should output
[1, 2]
[1, 2, 3]
[3, 4, 5]
[4, 5]
[2, 3]
[1, 2, 8, 9, 5]

Return written bytes on FILE.write​

If you write to a file it now returns the written bytes instead of true.

Removed​