breelynbetts / HYPER

THIS LANGUAGE IS HYPER!!!

HYPER!

Introduction

Hello there, and welcome to Hyper!, an exhilarating and quirky programming language designed for those who either want to express their limitless amount of energy or need stimulation while coding until late hours of the night. Inspired by HyperTalk and Python, Hyper! employs speech-like syntax for an easier, pragmatic experience.

Check out our grammar!

Hyper! was devised by Breelyn Betts, Maya Dahlke, and Lexi Weingardt.

Features

• Scripting Language
  
• Statically typed
  
• Higher Order Functions
  

Types and Variable Declaration

Types	Types in Hyper!	Variable Declaration
int	INT	INT x IS 4!
float	FLT	FLT y IS 4.56!
string	STR	STR a IS "abc"!
boolean	BOO	BOO b IS TRUE!
array	ARR<Type>	ARR<STR> c IS ["Hi", "I", "am", "hyper"]!
tuple	TUP<Type>	TUP<INT,FLT,STR> d IS (1, 2.5, "hello")!
dictionary	DICT<KeyType:ValueType>	DICT<INT:STR> e IS {1: "Hi", 2: "I", 3: "am", 4: "hyper"}!
range	RANGE	RANGE(1, 5):
nonetype	LITERALLYNOTHING	STR f IS LITERALLYNOTHING!

Operators

Operation	Operation in Hyper!	Variable Declaration
add	ADD	sum IS 3 ADD 10
subtract	SUB	diff IS 5 SUB 2
multipy	MULT	product IS 20 MULT 5
divide	DIV	quotient IS 100 DIV 10
modulus	MOD	modulus IS 101 MOD 2
strict equality	EQUALS	3 EQUALS 3 MULT 1
less than	LESS	5 LESS 10
greater than	GRT	5 GRT 4
less than or equal	LESSEQ	num LESSEQ 0
greater than or equal	GRTEQ	num GRTEQ 0
logical and	AND	num GRT 0 AND num LESS 5
logical or	OR	num GRT 0 OR num LESS 5
logical not	NOTEQ	num NOTEQ 0

Control Flow

if statement

INT num IS 3!

TRY num GRT 0:
  SAY("Positive number")!
NO?TRY num EQUALS 0:
  SAY("Zero")!
NO???:
  SAY("Negative number")!

for loop

LOOKAT INT x IN RANGE(0, 10):
  SAY(x)!

while loop

UNTIL TRUE:
  SAY("I am hyper!")!

Function Declaration

FUNC LITERALLYNOTHING helloWorld():
  SAY("Hello, world")!

Comments

!!! this is a single line commment

!?
this is a
multi-line
comment
?!

Static Semantic Errors

• Undeclared variables
• Mismatching types
• Incompatible types
• Breaking or continuing outside of a loop
• Not declaring a function before calling it
• Returning an incorrect function return type
• Returning a statement outside of a function
• Having return statements in a void(nonetype) function
• Declaring object methods with the same name
• Not declaring an object before initializing it
• Subscripting of non array and non tuple

Example Programs

Hello, World!

Hyper!	Python
SAY("HELLO, WORLD!")!	print('Hello, World!')

Fibonacci

Hyper!	Python
FUNC INT fibonacci(INT num): TRY num EQUALS 0: GIMME 0! NO?TRY num EQUALS 1 OR num EQUALS 2: GIMME 1! GIMME fibonacci(num SUB 2) ADD fibonacci(num SUB 1)!	def fibonacci(num): if num == 0: return 0 if num == 1 or num == 2: return 1 return fibonacci(num - 2) + fibonacci(num - 1)

Greatest Common Divisor

Hyper!	Python
FUNC INT gcd(INT x, INT y): UNTIL y: x IS y! y IS x MOD y! GIMME x!	def gcd(x, y): while(y): x, y = y, x % y return x

Finding the Largest of Three Numbers

Hyper!	Python
INT num1 IS 10! INT num2 IS 14! INT num3 IS 12! INT largest! TRY (num1 GRTEQ num2) AND (num1 GRTEQ num3): largest IS num1! NO?TRY (num2 GRTEQ num1) AND (num2 GRTEQ num3): largest IS num2! NO???: largest IS num3! SAY("The largest number is ", largest)!	num1 = 10 num2 = 14 num3 = 12 if (num1 >= num2) and (num1 >= num3): largest = num1 elif (num2 >= num1) and (num2 >= num3): largest = num2 else: largest = num3 print("The largest number is", largest)

Multiplying Numbers in a Loop

Hyper!	Python
INT num IS 12! LOOKAT INT i IN RANGE(1, 11): SAY(num, "x", i, "=", num MULT i)!	num = 12 for i in range(1, 11): print(num, 'x', i, '=', num*i)

Finding the Even Number

Hyper!	Python
FUNC BOO isEven(INT num): GIMME num MOD 2 EQUALS 0!	def is_even(num): return num % 2 == 0

Appending a String to an Array

Hyper!	Python
ARR array IS ["Hi", "I'm", "Hyper"]! array.PUSH("LOL")! SAY(CONCAT("element 0: ", array[0]))!	List = ['Hi', 'I'm', 'Hyper'] List.append('LOL') print "List[0]: ", List[0]