Control Flow

LichenScript provides a variety of control flow statements. These include while loops to perform a task multiple times; if and match expression to execute different branches of code based on certain conditions; and statements such as break and continue to transfer the flow of execution to another point in your code.

If#

In its simplest form, the if expression has a single if condition. It executes a set of statements only if that condition is true.

if num % i == 0 {
    counter += 1;
}

Unlike most common C-family languages, if is an expression in LichenScript. You can use it in another expression.

const max = if a > b { a } else { b };
print(max);

While#

A while loop starts by evaluating a single condition. If the condition is true, a set of statements is repeated until the condition becomes false.

while nextTerm < 100 {
    t1 = t2;
    t2 = nextTerm;
    nextTerm = t1 + t2;
}

For#

A for statement is used to iterate a iterable object such as array and map.

const a = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8];
for item in a {
    print("item:", item);
}