Control flow

🔗If statements

If statements allow you to execute a block of code based on a condition. In Tim Engine, you can use if, elif, and else to create conditional statements. For example:

var fruits = ["apple", "banana", "cherry", "apricot", "avocado"]
if shuffle($fruits)[0] == "apple":
  p: "This is an apple."
elif $fruit == "banana":
  p: "This is a banana."
else:
  p: "This is " & $fruit & "."

🔗For loops

For loops allow you to iterate over a sequence of values. In Tim Engine, you can use the for keyword to create a for loop.

var fruits = ["apple", "banana", "cherry"]
for $fruit in $fruits:
  p: "I like " & $fruit

🔗For in range

Here is an example using the .. operator to create a range of numbers:

for $i in 0..5:
  p: "The value of i is " & $i

🔗While loops

While loops allow you to execute a block of code as long as a condition is true. In Tim Engine, you can use the while keyword to create a while loop. For example:

var count: int = 0
while $count < 5:
  p: "Count is " & $count
  inc($count)

🔗Break and continue

You can use break to exit a loop early, and continue to skip the rest of the current iteration and move to the next one. Both break and continue can be used in for and while loops. For example:

for $i in 0..10:
  if $i == 5:
    break  // exit the loop when i is 5
  if $i % 2 == 0:
    continue  // skip even numbers
  p: "The value of i is " & $i