Nix (language): Difference between revisions

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''</SyntaxHighlight>

|-

| Integers || || <code>5</code>

| Integers || A whole number without fractional component. || <code>5</code>

|-

| Floating-point numbers || Precision is limited || <code>1.2</code>

| Floating-point numbers || Decimal numbers. Precision is limited. || <code>1.2</code>

|-

| Path || ~~relative~~ paths will become absolute when evaluated, paths must contain a slash. <code><nixpkgs/pkgs></code> is also possible and will resolve to the folder incl. subfolders in your NIX_PATH || <syntaxHighlight>./hello/world

| Path || Relative paths will become absolute when evaluated, paths must contain a slash. <code><nixpkgs/pkgs></code> is also possible and will resolve to the folder incl. subfolders in your NIX_PATH || <syntaxHighlight>./hello/world

> /abs/path/to/hello/world

</syntaxHighlight>

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> /path/to/your/nixpkgs/lib</syntaxHighlight>

|-

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

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

|-

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

|-

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

| Null || A representation of nothing. || <code>null</code>

|-

| 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>

| 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>{ key1="value1"; key2="value2"; }</syntaxHighlight>

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> "world"</syntaxHighlight>

|-

| Functions || ~~see~~ below || <code>pattern: body</code>

| Functions || See below. || <code>pattern: body</code>

|}

A detailed description of all types can be found in [https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#ssec-values The Nix manual]

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 ''</SyntaxHighlight>
 |-
-| Integers || || <code>5</code>
+| Integers || A whole number without fractional component. || <code>5</code>
 |-
-| Floating-point numbers || Precision is limited || <code>1.2</code>
+| Floating-point numbers || Decimal numbers. Precision is limited. || <code>1.2</code>
 |-
-| Path || relative paths will become absolute when evaluated, paths must contain a slash. <code><nixpkgs/pkgs></code> is also possible and will resolve to the folder incl. subfolders in your NIX_PATH || <syntaxHighlight>./hello/world
+| Path || Relative paths will become absolute when evaluated, paths must contain a slash. <code><nixpkgs/pkgs></code> is also possible and will resolve to the folder incl. subfolders in your NIX_PATH || <syntaxHighlight>./hello/world
 > /abs/path/to/hello/world
 </syntaxHighlight>
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 > /path/to/your/nixpkgs/lib</syntaxHighlight>
 |-
-| URI ||  || <code>http://example.org/foo.tar.bz2</code>
+| URI || Uniform Resource Identifiers || <code>http://example.org/foo.tar.bz2</code>
 |-
 | Boolean ||  || <code>true</code>, <code>false</code>
 |-
-| Null ||  || <code>null</code>
+| Null || A representation of nothing. || <code>null</code>
 |-
-| 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>
+| 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>{ key1="value1";  key2="value2"; }</syntaxHighlight>
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 > "world"</syntaxHighlight>
 |-
-| Functions || see below || <code>pattern: body</code>
+| Functions || See below. || <code>pattern: body</code>
 |}
 A detailed description of all types can be found in [https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#ssec-values The Nix manual]