A computer program is a list of "instructions" to be "executed" by a computer

In a programming language, these programming instructions are called statements

A BeasScript program is a list of programing statements

 

BeasScript statements are composed of

Values, Operators, Expression, Keywords and comments

 

This statement display a message box with "Hello World"

 

messagebox="Hello World"

 

The statements are executed, on by one, left to right and top to bottom, in same order as they are written.

 

Line Feed

LineFeed separate BeasScript statements

Add a semicolon at the end of each executable statement:

 
// assign the value 5 to a
setvar=a=5      

// assign the value 10 to b
setvar=b=10     

// display value from a, in this case "5"
messagebox=<a>   

 

BeasScript White space

Beas Script don't  ignores multiple spaces. Only on right and left side spaces and tabs ignored

 

Correct

setvar=a=5
       setvar=a=6

 

WRONG:

setvar =a=5 
setvar=a   =5
setvar=a=   5

 

BeasScript Keywords

Beas Script has many keyword. But Beas Script don't have syntax check. If you use wrong keywords, the system will ignore it and continue with next line.

Here a small overview of keywords you will learn about in this tutorial: