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‌Sizzle Grammar Reference

prog  stmtlist stmtlist  stmtlist stmt stmtlist  stmt

stmt  for ( [expr] ; [expr] ; [ expr] ) stmtlist end (expressions are optional)

stmt  while ( expr ) stmtlist end

stmt  for ( lhs in expr ) stmtlist end (each object in an object list)

stmt  break stmt  continue stmt  return

stmt  return expr

stmt  function ident ( idlist ) stmtlist end (function definition) stmt  function ident ( ) stmtlist end

stmt  local idlist idlist  idlist , ident idlist  ident

stmt  if ( expr ) stmtlist end

stmt  if ( expr ) stmtlist else stmtlist end

stmt  if ( expr ) stmtlist elseifs else stmtlist end

stmt  if ( expr ) stmtlist elseifs end

elseifs  elseifs elseif elseifs  elseif

elseif  elsif ( expr ) stmtlist elseif  elseif b expr ) stmtlist stmt  assop

stmt  boolor // Generating output...

stmt  ;

stmt  delete lhs expr  expr assop expr  expr boolor expr  assop

expr  boolor

assop  lhs = boolor assop  lhs += boolor assop  lhs -= boolor assop  lhs *= boolor assop  lhs /= boolor assop  lhs &= boolor assop  lhs |= boolor assop  lhs ^= boolor boolor  boolor || booland boolor  booland

booland  booland && boolnot booland  boolnot

boolnot  ! relop boolnot  relop

relop  addop < addop relop  addop > addop relop  addop == addop relop  addop <= addop relop  addop >= addop relop  addop != addop relop  addop

addop  addop + mulop (addition)

addop  addop - mulop (subtraction)

addop  addop | mulop (bitwise or)

addop  mulop

mulop  mulop * negop (multiplication)

mulop  mulop / negop (division)

mulop  mulop % negop (modulo)

mulop  mulop & negop (bitwise and)

mulop  mulop ^ negop (bitwise exclusive or)

mulop  mulop << negop (left binary shift)

mulop  mulop >> negop (right binary shift)

mulop  negop

negop  ~ powop (bitwise complement)

negop  - powop (negative)

negop  + powop (nothing, except strings converted to numbers)

negop  powop

powop  powop ** term (powerop to the auto power)

powop  term auto  ++ lhs auto  -- lhs auto  lhs ++ auto  lhs --

term  ident ( arglist ) (function call)

term  ident ( ) (function call)

term  ( boolor ? expr : expr ) (select the 1st or 2nd expression, based on boolean)

term  string

term  number (integers, floating point, and 32-bit hexadecimal, all become 64-bit floating point)

term  new lhs term  lhs

lhs  ident (ident is an identifier, an alphanumeric starting with alpha)

lhs  lhs [ expr ] (select I’th element from an object list)

lhs  lhs . ident (select an attribute from an object)

lhs  lhs . $ ident (select the attribute whose name is contained in ident)

term  lhs . ident ( arglist ) (member function call)

term  lhs . ident ( ) (member function call)

term  ( expr )

term  [ keylist ] (create a list object with optional keys)

term  [ ] (create an empty list)

term  # term (number of objects in a list)

term  $ term (the object with the name given by term)

arglist  arglist , expr

arglist  expr

keylist  keylist , string : expr (Expression list with optional constant keys) keylist  keylist , expr

keylist  string : expr keylist  expr

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