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1. CHAPTER
TWELVE
GETTING STARTED - FIRST STYLE
12.1 Hello World
The next program prints the Hello World message on the screen (std-out).
see "Hello World"
12.2 Run the program
to run the program, save the code in a file, for example : hello.ring then from the command line or terminal, run it
using Ring
ring hello.ring
12.3 Create Executable File
Using Ring2EXE we can create executable file for our application
ring2exe hello.ring -static
12.4 Not Case-Sensitive
Since the Ring language is not case-sensitive, the same program can be written in different styles
Tip: It’s better to select one style and use it in all of the program source code
SEE "Hello World"
See "Hello World"
12.5 Multi-Line literals
Using Ring we can write multi-line literal, see the next example
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See "
Hello
Welcome to the Ring programming language
How are you?
"
Also you can use the nl variable to insert new line and you can use the + operator to concatenate strings
As we have NL for new lines, we have Tab and CR (Carriage return) too!
Note: nl value means a new line and the actual codes that represent a newline is different between operating systems
See "Hello" + nl + "Welcome to the Ring programming language" +
nl + "How are you?"
12.6 Getting Input
You can get the input from the user using the give command
See "What is your name? "
Give cName
See "Hello " + cName
12.7 No Explicit End For Statements
You don’t need to use ‘;’ or press ENTER to separate statements. The previous program can be written in one line.
See "What is your name? " give cName see "Hello " + cName
12.8 Using ? to print expression then new line
It’s common to print new line after printing an expression, We can use the ? operator to do that!
Example:
? "Hello, World!"
for x = 1 to 10
? x
next
Output:
Hello, World!
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
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12.9 Writing Comments
We can write one line comments and multi-line comments
The comment starts with # or //
Multi-lines comments are written between /* and */
/*
Program Name : My first program using Ring
Date : 2016.09.09
Author : Mahmoud Fayed
*/
See "What is your name? " # print message on screen
give cName # get input from the user
see "Hello " + cName # say hello!
// See "Bye!"
Note: Using // to comment a lines of code is just a code style.
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4. CHAPTER
THIRTEEN
GETTING STARTED - SECOND STYLE
13.1 Hello World
The next program prints the Hello World message on the screen (std-out).
put "Hello World"
13.2 Run the program
to run the program, save the code in a file, for example : hello.ring then from the command line or terminal, run it
using Ring
ring hello.ring
13.3 Create Executable File
Using Ring2EXE we can create executable file for our application
ring2exe hello.ring -static
13.4 Not Case-Sensitive
Since the Ring language is not case-sensitive, the same program can be written in different styles
Tip: It’s better to select one style and use it in all of the program source code
PUT "Hello World"
Put "Hello World"
13.5 Multi-Line literals
Using Ring we can write multi-line literal, see the next example
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Put "
Hello
Welcome to the Ring programming language
How are you?
"
Also you can use the nl variable to insert new line and you can use the + operator to concatenate strings
As we have NL for new lines, we have Tab and CR (Carriage return) too!
Note: nl value means a new line and the actual codes that represent a newline is different between operating systems
Put "Hello" + nl + "Welcome to the Ring programming language" +
nl + "How are you?"
13.6 Getting Input
You can get the input from the user using the get command
Put "What is your name? "
Get cName
Put "Hello " + cName
13.7 No Explicit End For Statements
You don’t need to use ‘;’ or press ENTER to separate statements. The previous program can be written in one line.
Put "What is your name? " get cName put "Hello " + cName
13.8 Writing Comments
We can write one line comments and multi-line comments
The comment starts with # or //
Multi-lines comments are written between /* and */
/*
Program Name : My first program using Ring
Date : 2016.09.09
Author : Mahmoud Fayed
*/
Put "What is your name? " # print message on screen
get cName # get input from the user
put "Hello " + cName # say hello!
// Put "Bye!"
Note: Using // to comment a lines of code is just a code style.
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6. CHAPTER
FOURTEEN
GETTING STARTED - THIRD STYLE
14.1 Hello World
The next program prints the Hello World message on the screen (std-out).
load "stdlib.ring"
print("Hello World")
14.2 Run the program
to run the program, save the code in a file, for example : hello.ring then from the command line or terminal, run it
using Ring
ring hello.ring
14.3 Create Executable File
Using Ring2EXE we can create executable file for our application
ring2exe hello.ring -static
The -static option will avoid the need to ring.dll|ring.so|ring.dylib
But since the stdlib.ring load libraries like (LibCurl, OpenSSL, MySQL, etc)
You will need these libraries!
To avoid the need to these libraries (If you don’t need stdlib classes)
Use stdlibcore.ring instead of stdlib.ring as in the next example
load "stdlibcore.ring"
print("Hello World")
Using stdlibcore.ring You can access the stdlib functions but not the stdlib classes.
if you want to use stdlib.ring and distribute your application
ring2exe hello.ring -dist -allruntime -noqt -noallegro
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14.4 Not Case-Sensitive
Since the Ring language is not case-sensitive, the same program can be written in different styles
Tip: It’s better to select one style and use it in all of the program source code
LOAD "stdlib.ring"
PRINT("Hello World")
Load "stdlib.ring"
Print("Hello World")
14.5 Multi-Line literals
Using Ring we can write multi-line literal, see the next example
Load "stdlib.ring"
Print("
Hello
Welcome to the Ring programming language
How are you?
")
Also you can use the n to insert new line and you can use #{variable_name} to insert variables values.
Load "stdlib.ring"
Print( "HellonWelcome to the Ring programming languagenHow are you?")
14.6 Getting Input
You can get the input from the user using the getstring() function
Load "stdlib.ring"
Print("What is your name? ")
cName = GetString()
Print("Hello #{cName}")
14.7 No Explicit End For Statements
You don’t need to use ‘;’ or press ENTER to separate statements. The previous program can be written in one line.
Load "stdlib.ring"
Print("What is your name? ") cName=getstring() print("Hello #{cName}")
14.8 Writing Comments
We can write one line comments and multi-line comments
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The comment starts with # or //
Multi-lines comments are written between /* and */
/*
Program Name : My first program using Ring
Date : 2016.09.09
Author : Mahmoud Fayed
*/
Load "stdlib.ring"
Print("What is your name? ") # print message on screen
cName=GetString() # get input from the user
print("Hello #{cName}") # say hello!
// print("Bye!")
Note: Using // to comment a lines of code is just a code style.
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9. CHAPTER
FIFTEEN
USING RING NOTEPAD
In this chapter we will learn about using Ring Notepad to write and execute Ring programs quickly
Ring Notepad is just a simple application developed using the Ring language.
15.1 Ring Notepad - Main Window
When we run the Ring Notepad we get the next dockable windows
• Project Files Window : where we can select and open any ring file (*.ring) quickly.
• Source Code Window : Where we write the source code.
• Form Designer Window : The Form Designer to create GUI application forms.
• Web Browser Window : Where we read the documentation or quickly open any website.
• Output Window : Output when we run programs that print to the standard output
• Function Window : List of functions in the current source file
• Classes Window : List of classes in the current source file
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15.2 Creating and running your first Console Application
At first we will type the source code
See "Hello, World!"
As in the next image
Then we will click on the “Save” button from the toolbar (or press CTRL+S)
Determine the source code file name and location.
For example type : hello
This will create a new source code file called : hello.ring
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