Kaan

A wolof programming language, it is aim to make introduction to programming easy for complete beginners wolof speaking beginners in programming.

What is programming?

Programming is the technique of giving a computer a set of instruction to execute. These instruction can be in the form of text or binary (zeros and ones).

Tutorial

Variable

A variable is a container used to store data. To use or assign a value to a variable, you have to first declare it within {{...}} Example.

{{sumaTur}}

sumaTur = "Baboucarr"

You can also assign a variable to a variable. Multiple variable names should be separated with a coma ,

{{
    sumaTur,
    saTur
}}

sumaTur = "Baboucarr"
saTur = sumaTur

Data types

The following are the available data types in kaan.

1. string
2. list
3. boolean

string

The string data type is represented with either single or double quote. In other words, anything with single or double quote is represented as a string. Example.

"Nuyu naalen"
'Nuyu naalen'

List

The list data type is represented with []. Lists are use for storing a collection of data. You can think of it as a container where you store things. Example.

lekayii = ["Mango", "Banana", "Mboha"]

Boolean

The boolean data type is represented with dega or dudegah. dega means true, and dudegah means false. Example.

sunekeh dega:
    wonel("Degalah")

Operators

There are two types of operators in kaan. Arithemtic and Comparison operators.

Arithmetic operators are use for arithmetic operations. They are expressed in within square braces {...}. Current available operators are yoka, wanyi, sedoh, and ful

yoka equals + wanyi equals - ful equals * sedoh equals /

Using an unknown operator throws an error.

Usage Example

{{
    saAt,
    senAt,
    sumaAt,
    sunyuAt
}}

saAt = {fuk yoka nyaar}
wonel("saAt " + saAt)

senAt = {fuk ful nyaar}
wonel("senAt " + senAt)

sumaAt = {fuk wanyi nyaar}
wonel("sumaAt " + sumaAt)

sunyuAt = {fuk sedoh nyaar}
wonel("sunyuAt " + sunyuAt)

Comparison operators is used for checking the equality of two values. Availble operators are mohemak and emutak.

mohemak is used for equality checks == emutak is used for non equality checks !=

Example

{{
    tur,
    saTur,
    sumaTur,
}}

satur = "Ali"
sumaTur = "baboucarr"
tur = {satur mohemak sumaTur}
wonel(tur)

Conditions

Function

A function is a named block of code, that is called over and over again. In kaan, functions are denoted by defal. Example

defal nuyu():
    wonel("Nanga def")

defal magWollaHaleh(at):
    sunekeh at mohopah fuk:
        wonel("Yow mag nga")
    kon:
        wonel("Yow haleh nga")

Looping

There are two looping techniques in kaan, puru and feka.

puru is used for looping over a list of items. feka is used for looping over a condition that holds true.

Example for puru

{{
    leka,
    lekayii,
}}

lekayii = ["Mango", "Banana", "Mboha"]

puru leka bunekasi lekayii:
    wonel("Lekabi moi " + leka)

Example for feka

{{ satur }}

faka satur emutak "Baboucarr":
    satur = dugal("Lan mohneka satur? ")
    wonel("Satur bi moi " + satur)

Contribution Guideline

Create a virtual env python3 -m venv path/to/venv and install python Run with python3 -m pytest