AnyLang Programming Language Comparison/Anylang Core Concepts

AnyLang CoreConcepts

The following is the central list of AnyLang Core Concepts. These are programming concepts that are common enough to be compared and applied across multiple mainstream programming languages. Moreover, these are considered the most significant elements, based on the guiding motivations of this book.

core concept—array
core_arrayop.append	(aka array_push) insert a single-element at the highest index. array treated as a single nested element
core_arrayop.basic_syntax	basic array syntax
core_arrayop.count	return the total number of elements in an array
core_arrayop.delete_at	delete an array element
core_arrayop.dim	init array to N elements
core_arrayop.extend	append multiple elements at the highest index. array is flattened into individual elements.
core_arrayop.find	return true if element found in list
core_arrayop.get_baseindex	get the base index for the first element in all arrays
core_arrayop.join	return a string from joined array elements
core_arrayop.last_index	return the index of last element in an array (note that len does not necc eq maxindex)
core_arrayop.listfind_nocase	return one or more element found in a list as list
core_arrayop.map	one or more element found in an array as array
core_arrayop.map_index	just like map but also include array index
core_arrayop.max	return the index of the element with the maximum value
core_arrayop.min	return the index of the element with the minimum value
core_arrayop.modulo	return array elements modulo N (skip elements)
core_arrayop.new	create a new array
core_arrayop.prepend	insert element at the lowest index
core_arrayop.range	return a range of countables from x to y
core_arrayop.reorder	reorder certain elements of an array while leaving the order of the remaining elements indeterminate
core_arrayop.reverse	reverse the elements in an array
core_arrayop.select	return one or more element found in an array as array
core_arrayop.set_baseindex	get or set the default base index for all arrays
core_arrayop.slice	return a slice (subsection) of elements from the array as another array
core_arrayop.sort	array sort
core_arrayop.unappend	remove and return element at the highest index
core_arrayop.unique	remove duplicate elements from array and return the unique elements as an array
core_arrayop.unprepend	remove and return element at the lowest index
core_arrayop.zip	combine the elements from two arrays together in alternating order
core concept—character
core_chrop.ascii_range	output a range of ascii characters
core_chrop.char_to_code	specify a character and get back the corresponding character code (ASCII only)
core_chrop.code_to_char	specify a char code and get back the corresponding character (ASCII only)
core_chrop.newline_char	specify a newline in a string
core_chrop.section_char	specify a section char (windows alt+0167)
core_chrop.tab_char	tab char in a string
core concept—dictionary
core_dictionaryop.addkey	add a new key to the dictt
core_dictionaryop.dropkeys	delete multiple key-value pairs from dictt
core_dictionaryop.each	enumerate the name-value pairs in a dictt
core_dictionaryop.haskey	return true if a specific key exists in the dictt
core_dictionaryop.haskeys	count the total number of keys or return true if the dictt has any keys
core_dictionaryop.hasvalue	return true if a specific value exists in the dictt
core_dictionaryop.keepkeys	delete multiple key-value pairs from dictt keep only those supplied in a list.
core_dictionaryop.keys	enumerate or iterate the keys in a dictt
core_dictionaryop.addmerge	merge pairs from addon_dictt into starter_dictt, but never let a blank value in addon_dictt overwrite a nonblank in starter_dictt
core_dictionaryop.merge	merge key value pairs from one dictt into another to form a combined dictt
core_dictionaryop.modifykeys	modify dictionary keys in place
core_dictionaryop.newliteral	create a new dictionary literal
core_dictionaryop.bbpair	dictionary with name and keyref
core_dictionaryop.removekey	delete a key from the dictt
core_dictionaryop.values	enumerate or iterate over the values in a dictt
core concept—operators
core_langop.and	Logical_And
core_langop.bit_and	Bitwise_And
core_langop.bit_left_shift	Bitwise_Leftshift
core_langop.bit_not	Bitwise_Not
core_langop.bit_or	Bitwise_Or
core_langop.bit_right_shift	Bitwise_Rightshift
core_langop.bit_xor	Bitwise_Xor
core_langop.compare_op	Overview Of Comparison Operators
core_langop.not	Logical_Not
core concept—mathematics
core_mathop.bin_to_dec	binary to decimal
core_mathop.compare_between	numeric comparison
core_mathop.compare_gt	numeric comparison greater than
core_mathop.compare_lt	numeric comparison less than
core_mathop.cos	cosine
core_mathop.hex_to_dec	hexadecimal to decimal
core_mathop.min_max	compare values and return the minimum or maximum
core_mathop.power	compute x to the power of n
core_mathop.randint	generate a random integer
core_mathop.sin	sine
core_mathop.tan	tangent
core concept—set operations
core_setop.add	add an element to a set
core_setop.difference	new set with elements in s but not in t
core_setop.intersect	new set with elements common to s and t
core_setop.len	cardinality of set s
core_setop.member	test x for membership in s
core_setop.nonmember	test x for non-membership in s
core_setop.scopy	new set with a shallow copy of s
core_setop.subset	test whether every element in s is in t
core_setop.superset	test whether every element in t is in s
core_setop.symdiff	new set with elements in either s or t but not both
core_setop.union	new set with elements from both s and t
core concept—string operations
core_stringop.basic_syntax	basic string declaration and string literal syntax
core_stringop.case_lc	lowercase transformation of the string
core_stringop.case_swap	uppercase characters converted to lowercase and vice versa
core_stringop.case_tc	string with title case transformation of the string
core_stringop.case_togg	toggle between all uppercase and all lowercase
core_stringop.case_uc	uppercase transformation of the string
core_stringop.chomp	remove trailing newline
core_stringop.concat	the concatenation of arguments
core_stringop.concat_nb	the concatenation of arguments if and only if all are non-blank
core_stringop.count	count the occurrences of str2 in str1
core_stringop.csplit	an array with each element consisting of a single character from string
core_stringop.dedent	left-justify a multi-line string
core_stringop.eq	true if two strings are identical
core_stringop.eq_nocase	true if two strings are identical ( case-insensitive )
core_stringop.find	true if strNeedle matches any substring in strHaystack
core_stringop.find_nocase	true if str1 contains str2 (case-insensitive )
core_stringop.find_qw	true if sNeedle matches an entire space-delimited word in sHaystack
core_stringop.get_region	a subregion of a string enclosed inside TagBeg and TagEnd (tag can be regex or string)
core_stringop.gsub	regex replace on str1 with str2
core_stringop.indexof	integer index of sNeedle in sHaystack
core_stringop.lstrip	trim spaces from a string
core_stringop.repeat	repeat a string N times
core_stringop.replace	replace on str1 with str2
core_stringop.reverse	reverse all characters in the string
core_stringop.rstrip	trim spaces from a string
core_stringop.split	split on a string-delim (or regex-delim) and return array
core_stringop.splitlines	split a string on newlines and return array
core_stringop.strip	trim spaces from a string
core_stringop.substr	a substring of a string
core_stringop.ucfirst	string with first letter as uppercase
core_stringop.wsplit	split on whitespace and return an array
core concept—table operations
core_tableop.delete_col	delete a column from a SimpleTable
core_tableop.delete_rec	delete rows
core_tableop.insert_col	create a new column in a SimpleTable
core_tableop.insert_rec	insert a row into a SimpleTable
core_tableop.merge	combine two or more tables left to right
core_tableop.querymeta	metadata on the last run query
core_tableop.select_col	choose all values from a single column as a list, this is just a variation of arrayop.map
core_tableop.select_rec	select rows in the same manner as a SQL SELECT statement
core_tableop.sort_rec	sort the rows of a SimpleTable
core_tableop.union	combine two or more tables top to bottom (must have the same fieldnames)
core_tableop.update_rec	update rows in the same manner as a SQL UPDATE statement
core concept—text operations
core_txtop.lines_fromfile	textfile to array with one line per array element
core_txtop.splitfile	split a large text file into many smaller files
core_txtop.str_fromfile	get the entire content of a text file and assign it to a string variable
core_txtop.str_tofile	spit out an entire string to a single text file