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=== types === | === types === | ||
The nix language provides a number of basic types: | |||
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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) || <code>"Say ${pkgs.hello.name}"</code>, <code>''first line | |||
second line''</code> | |||
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| Integers || There is no float in the nix language|| <code>5</code> | |||
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| Path || relative paths will become to absolute when evaluated,paths must contain a slash || <code>./hello/world</code> | |||
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| URI || || <code>http://example.org/foo.tar.bz2</code> | |||
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| Boolean || || <code>true</code>,<code>false</code> | |||
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| Null || || <code>null</code> | |||
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A detailed description of all types can be found in [https://nixos.org/nix/manual/#ssec-values The Nix manual] | |||
=== functions === | === functions === | ||