Number

Numbers in joelang are meant to be intuitive and to represent real-world use cases.

Numbers can have underscores (_), a period (.), and an exponent (^e)

Here are some examples:

Number ranges

Ranges can be easily created with 2 numbers, and are inclusive on both sides, always. If you want the last number be exclusive, subtract one.

1 .. 3;
1^e2 .. 3^e2

Ranges can go downward

5 .. -5

Some exceptions to ranges are decimals. The example would not work

1 .. 4 // valid  ✅
1.0 .. 4.0 // invalid since these contain decimals  ❌

You may use an underscore as a separator for readability and it has no effect on the value.

1_200 == 1200

When using an exponential number with an equality check, be sure to wrap your number in parens:

(1^e2) == (3^e2)  ✅
1^e2 == 3^e2  ❌

(1^e2) < (3^e2)  ✅
1^e2 < 3^e2  ❌

// etc ...