Variables

Variables are

Declare variables

Brasa is a statically typed language, so you have to explicitly set the type when declaring a variable.

Variables and data types

int x := 10;

Notice, the use of semicolon ;. It determines the end of a statement. Also, notice the use of := rather than the standard = as the assignment operator defined in common languages.

Brasa has four primitive types:

• int (1, -3, ...)
• real (3.14, 2.71828, -3.0, ...)
• logico (verdadeiro or falso)
• texto ("string", "This is a text", ...)

It also supports nullable by using ? in front of a type:

int? index := nulo;

For this particular example, you can assign an integer or nulo to denote the abscence of value.

You should use this when a variable doesn't have a meaningfull value at its declaration time yet.

You can also add a const modifier to make assignments impossible

const int x := 10;

x := 30; // error

For more info, check Variables Reference