Output: How values print

● Beginner3 min

print shows a value the way you would write it in code, so the output is never ambiguous.

type User {
    name: String
    age: Int
}

fn main() {
    const price: Decimal = 499.00
    const nickname: String? = none
    print(7.0)
    print(price)
    print('क')
    print(["asha", "ravi"])
    print(["asha": 31])
    print((200, "OK"))
    print(nickname)
    print(User(name: "Asha", age: 31))
}

kavach run values.kav

7.0499.00क["asha", "ravi"]["asha": 31](200, "OK")noneUser(name: "Asha", age: 31)

A Float always shows a point (7.0, never 7), so you can tell it from a whole number. A Decimal keeps its digits (499.00). Text inside a list is quoted, so ["a, b"] can't be mistaken for two items. A record shows its type and fields.

What Kavach does for you

Values print the way you write them
7.0 prints 7.0, a Decimal keeps its scale, text inside a list is quoted. Output is never ambiguous.
spec 1.11