Arrays

Compile using blc my-file-name.bl and run ./out.

main :: fn () s32 {
    // This is array variable as consist of 10 numbers of s32 type.
    // In this case we do not initialize the array we only reserve
    // memory enough to handle all values.
    my_array: [10]s32;

    // Use [n] to get or set array element value. Here we set the first
    // (with index 0) to value 10.
    my_array[0] = 10;

    // Set the second element to 20.
    my_array[1] = 20;

    // You can use loop to iterate over all array elements one by one.
    loop i := 0; i < my_array.len; i += 1 {
        // Visit array element on index 'i' and set it's value to 'i'.
        my_array[i] = i;
    }

    // Arrays can be printed directly by print function like this:
    print("my_array is %\n", my_array);



    // Arrays could be initialized in same way like other variables even in 
    // declaration by compound initializer. We can let compiler inver variable 
    // type here like we did with other variables in previous example.
    another_array := [4]s32.{1, 2, 3, 4};

    print("another_array is %\n", another_array);



    // Use sizeof operator to determinate size of any type or variable used.
    // In this case sizeof(another_array) returns size of allocated memory
    // block to handle all integers.

    // Get size from value.
    s1 :: sizeof(another_array);
    print("sizeof(another_array) is %B\n", s1);

    // Get size from type.
    s2 :: sizeof([4]s32);
    print("sizeof([4]s32) is %B\n", s2);

    // sizeof is very useful operator especially in cases we want to know
    // how much space we need to allocate for value of desired type, but 
    // there are more use cases of this.


    return 0;
}