# Iodine - a statically typed, interpreted language
Iodine is a programming language with the intention of having the most readable code possible (without getting into things like block coding or LLM's). The interpreter is written in C++.
**Iodine is NOT intended for production use at present.** If you build your mission-critical application with Iodine, good luck. Things are going to break very often.
If you've got [bob](https://git.maxwellj.xyz/max/bob) installed, make use of the supplied Bobfile by running `bob`. Otherwise, run:
```bash
g++ src/*.cpp -o iodine
```
## Using iodine
```
Usage: iodine [file]
Options:
--debug Enable debug mode
--help Show this help message
```
Debug mode is useful for reporting bugs, which are going to be very frequent (of course). If something doesn't work and you're sure the syntax is right, create an issue in this repo.
## Writing iodine
Print things:
```
println "Hello!";
```
Print things without a new line using `print`.
Set a variable:
```
let str myString "This is a string variable";
```
Note: Valid types are `int` (equivalent to C++ `int`), `dec` (equivalent to C++ `double`), `str` (equivalent to C++ `string`), and `bool` (equivalent to C++ `bool`)
Use a variable:
```
let int myNum 5;
println myNum;
```
Change a variable:
```
let int myNum 7;
myNum = 10;
myNum ++;
myNum --;
myNum += 3;
myNum -= 2;
```
Do some math:
```
println 9 + 10;
```
Get user input from the console:
```
let str userInput input;
println input;
```
Use an `if` statement to compare things:
```
let int myInt 4;
let int myOtherInt 3;
if myInt == myOtherInt {
println "The variables are the same!";
}
myOtherInt = 4;
if myInt == myOtherInt {
println "The variables are now the same after changing it";
}
```
Make a `while` loop to do things over and over:
```
let int myInt 1;
while myInt != 6 {
println myInt;
myInt = myInt + 1;
}
println "The loop has ended";
```
*Sidenote: Loops are very unstable at present. If you find a loop-related bug please let me know.*
