Overview of the Nix Language: Difference between revisions

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! Type !! Description !! Example

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| Strings || Strings either start with <code>double quotes</code> or <code>double single quotes</code>. They also support antiquotation (templating). Leading spaces are stripped with double single quotes. || <code>"Say ${pkgs.hello.name}"</code>,

| Strings || Strings either start with <code>double quotes</code> or <code>double single quotes</code>. They also support antiquotation (templating). Leading spaces are stripped with double single quotes. || <code>"Say ${pkgs.hello.name}"</code>

Multiline String:

<syntaxHighlight lang="nix">''first line

second line

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| URI || || <code>http://example.org/foo.tar.bz2</code>

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| Boolean || || <code>true</code>,<code>false</code>

| Boolean || || <code>true</code>, <code>false</code>

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| Null || || <code>null</code>

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| Lists || items are ~~not~~ separated by comma, can ~~contain~~ any other type || <syntaxHighlight lang=nix>[ 1 ./example.bin { hello="world"; }] </syntaxHighlight>

| Lists || items are separated by space, not comma. Each item can be a value of any other type || <syntaxHighlight lang=nix>[ 1 ./example.bin { hello="world"; }] </syntaxHighlight>

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| Sets || In other languages called <code>dicts</code>(py),<code>objects</code>(js) <code>hashes</code>(ruby), essentially a list of key-value pairs || <syntaxHighlight lang=nix>{ hello="world"; }.hello

| Sets || In other languages called <code>dicts</code>(py),<code>objects</code>(js) <code>hashes</code>(ruby), essentially a list of key-value pairs || <syntaxHighlight lang=nix>{ key1="value1"; key2="value2"; }</syntaxHighlight>

Access values through dot-notation:<syntaxHighlight lang=nix>{ hello="world"; }.hello

> "world"</syntaxHighlight>

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 ! Type !! Description !! Example
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-| Strings || Strings either start with <code>double quotes</code> or <code>double single quotes</code>. They also support antiquotation (templating). Leading spaces are stripped with double single quotes. || <code>"Say ${pkgs.hello.name}"</code>,
+| Strings || Strings either start with <code>double quotes</code> or <code>double single quotes</code>. They also support antiquotation (templating). Leading spaces are stripped with double single quotes. || <code>"Say ${pkgs.hello.name}"</code>
+Multiline String:
 <syntaxHighlight lang="nix">''first line
    second line
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 | URI ||  || <code>http://example.org/foo.tar.bz2</code>
 |-
-| Boolean ||  || <code>true</code>,<code>false</code>
+| Boolean ||  || <code>true</code>, <code>false</code>
 |-
 | Null ||  || <code>null</code>
 |-
-| Lists || items are not separated by comma, can contain any other type || <syntaxHighlight lang=nix>[ 1 ./example.bin { hello="world"; }] </syntaxHighlight>
+| Lists || items are separated by space, not comma. Each item can be a value of any other type || <syntaxHighlight lang=nix>[ 1 ./example.bin { hello="world"; }] </syntaxHighlight>
 |-
-| Sets || In other languages called <code>dicts</code>(py),<code>objects</code>(js) <code>hashes</code>(ruby), essentially a list of key-value pairs || <syntaxHighlight lang=nix>{ hello="world"; }.hello
+| Sets || In other languages called <code>dicts</code>(py),<code>objects</code>(js) <code>hashes</code>(ruby), essentially a list of key-value pairs || <syntaxHighlight lang=nix>{ key1="value1";  key2="value2"; }</syntaxHighlight>
+Access values through dot-notation:<syntaxHighlight lang=nix>{ hello="world"; }.hello
 > "world"</syntaxHighlight>
 |-