Language: Arithmetic

Sentinel supports arithmetic operators for integers and floats. Sentinel supports sum, difference, product, quotient, and remainder.

+    sum-    difference*    product/    quotient%    remainder

These operators work in a typical infix style:

4 + 8 // 128 * 2 // 168 / 4 // 28 / 5 // 18 % 5 // 3

Order of Operations

Arithmetic follows a standard mathematical order of operations. Grouping with parentheses can be used to affect ordering.

4 * 5 / 5 // 44 * 5 + 2 // 224 + 5 * 2 // 14(4 + 5) * 2 // 18

A full table of operator precendence can be found on the boolean expressions page. This shows how arithmetic operators relate to other operators.

Integer Division

Integer division with a remainder rounds down to the nearest integer. Example: 8 / 3 is 2.

If the divisor is zero, an error occurs.

Mixed Numeric Operations

Mixed numeric operations between integer and floating-point values are permitted. The result is a floating-point operation with the integer converted to a floating-point value for purposes of calculation.

import "types"a = 1.1 + 1      // 2.1types.type_of(a) // "float"