Subset 2

The second subset of the Aurora Language. The following will describe what it includes, and what the end goal of the subset is. Much like the first subset, the second is a way of measuring what has been completed.

Features

The second subset will include function definitions, math operations, and variable assignment.

A function may be defined by the programmer, to take in arguments and return a value. When these arguments are defined by variable in the function they are called parameters. More on how to define a function in the Syntax page.

Math is an extremely important aspect of programming. Now you can add, subtract, multiply, and divide numbers. For example to define a number variable with the product of 3 and 5 it would be Number: age = 3 * 5;. This method also works with variables. For example: Number: old = age * 4; would assign the value of 4 times age to old.

Variable assignment means you don’t have to redefine a variable each time you want to assign a new value. So if we want to multiply age by 4 without reassigning it to old, but keeping it in age we can write: age = age * 4;. When adding or subtracting, you can do it without referencing the variable twice by either the += or -= operations. This cannot be done with multiplication nor division. Additionally, the ++ and -- operations will add and subtract 1 respectively.

More on specific syntaxes can by found on the Syntax page.