Wasp

Wasp is a programming language made for code-golfing via an interpreter written in JavaScript.

What is code golf?

From Wikipedia:

Code golf is a type of recreational computer programming competition in which participants strive to achieve the shortest possible source code that implements a certain algorithm. Playing code golf is also known as "golf scripting".

Documentation

Wasp first loads the Artifacts (input values separated by a newline).

Example artifact list

12
My String
true

Commands

Command	Explanation
;>	Create a new variable (Left-hand side) - Variables are accessed by their order/index - The first index is 0
_X|	Access the artifact list at the index X - The first artifact index is 0
@X|	Access a global (a built-in variable) - Globals cannot be modified at runtime
!	Print the preceeding token with a newline ("\n" appending at the end)
!!	Print the preceeding token (without an appended newline)
;<	Delete the variable at the current index - The index is decremented by 1
[>]	Increment the current variable index - Multiple '>' symbols to shift the index several times ex. [>>>] shifts the index forwards 3 times - If used on the right side of an operation, use it as a reference instead and do not change the current variable index
[<]	Decrement the current variable index - Works as [>] in the reverse order - Ex. [<<<<] shifts the variable index -4 times
?	Resets the variable index to 0
$	Access the current variable (Right or left side of operation)
$+	Increment the current variable (if it is a number)
$-	Decrement the current variable (if it is a number)
$++	Add the proceeding token to the current variable
$--	Subtract the proceeding token from the current variable - Ex. $--_0| - Ex. $++[>]
#	Start an if statement -- the condition is the current variable
##	Start an if not statement -- the condition is the current variable
^	Start/end a loop - Structured like a "do-until" loop
'	The multiplication operator
"	The division operator
~	The distance operator (absolute value of 'x - y')
''	The repeat operator (repeats the left times the right (a number))
%	The ID operator (returns a hash code '0xXXXXX' of the current variable)
/	Restart the function or program
//	Exit the function or program

Globals (built-in variables)

0.	true
1.	false
2.	0
3.	1 
4.	10 
5.	" "
6.	"\n" 
7.	","
8.	-1
9.	10
10.	2

Examples

• Example 1 (Staircase)

• Example 2 (Even or odd)

• Example 3 (N squared literally)

License

MIT