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toki pi ilo sona

toki pi ilo sona is a stack-based, minimalist, base 6 programming language for speakers of toki pona!

Types

• kulupu: group (array, dictionary, object, set, etc.)
• nimi: string
• nanpa: number
• pali: function
• lon / ala: true / false

Keywords

• la / ante: if / else
• tawa: for / while loop
• pini: end / break
• pakala: error
• sin: new
• kama: return
• li: is
• o: do, calculate
• open: first
• tan x insa y: from x import y

Operators

Boolean operators

• kin (!): and
• anu (Y): or
• ala (X): not

Numerical operators

• en (+): add
• weka (-): subtract, delete
• mute (*): multiply
• kipisi (%): divide

Comparison operators

• sama (=): equals
• suli (V): (size, used with + and -; x -V y = x is less than y)
• seme (?): (question, used with =; x ?= y does x == y)

Built-in functions

• toki: print

Example programs

Hello world!

> toki "Hello world!"
"Hello world!"

Sum a list

With symbols

> pali Sum(kulupu: kulupu):
>   nanpa Total = 0
>   tawa kulupu li lon:
>     Total = Total + kulupu open
>     weka kulupu open
>   kama Total
> kulupu A = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
> toki Sum(A)
15

Without symbols

> pali Sum(kulupu li kulupu)
>   nanpa Total sama ale
>   tawa kulupu li lon
>     o Total sama Total en kulupu open
>     weka kulupu open
>   pini
>   kama Total
> kulupu A sama [wan, tu, tu wan, tu tu, luka]
> toki Sum(A)
15