Standard input and output

Output

In Bosscript, there are multiple ways to print to the standard output, depending on what you want the message to look like. The function you will be using the most is definitely ispis, which is a standard printing function:

ispis("Hello, World!");

The ispis function is very flexible. It takes in any number of arguments and arguments of any type. Here is an example:

var name = "Bosscript";
var version = 1.0;
ispis("Hello, my name is ", name, ". I am in version ", version);

// prints 'Hello, my name is Bosscript. I am in version 1.0'

Four arguments were passed to ispis and all four get printed to the console. For values that are not of type tekst, Bosscript automatically converts them according to the standard library specification:

1. broj is directly converted - 1.0 becomes “1.0”
2. logički is directly converted - tačno becomes “tačno”
3. objekat is stringified as a comma-separated list of “key: value” between braces: "{a: 1.0, b: tačno}". Each value gets converted to a tekst itself
4. niz is stringified to appear just like it is declared - as a comma-separated list of values between brackets: [1, 2, tačno]. Each value in the niz gets converted to a tekst itself
5. bajt and BajtNiz are decoded into strings
6. A funkcija is converted in two ways, depending on its type. User-defined functions are stringified as such: ƒ name(<parameters stringified>) → ${return type or 'nepoznato' if not provided}"}. Native functions are stringified as such: ƒ <name>() {[native code]}.
7. nedefinisano is directly converted - “nedefinisano”

You can also pass any expression that evaluates to tekst to the ispis function:

ispis("Hello, " + getName());

Warning and Error

ispis is not the only Bosscript function for standard output. The functions upozorenje and greska are used to print warnings and errors to the standard output and come with built-in styling, similar to JavaScript’s console.warn and console.error functions.

upozorenje("Empty output");

greska("Cannot divide by zero!");

Both upozorenje and greska behave exactly the same as ispis. The only difference is the styling of the text. Do note that using greska doesn’t throw an exception or interrupt the program in any way. It is just a stylized print function.

Input

The built-in unos function is used to collect input from the user. The function behaves similarly to Python’s input function - it is possible to pass a message that is printed before input is collected, and input is collected in one line and returned as a tekst. Consider the example below:

var name = unos("Input your name: ");
ispis("Hello " + name);

Input your name: 
Bosscript
Hello, Bosscript

In this example, the user is asked to input their name. The prompt is passed to the unos function as a tekst argument. The name is collected as a tekst and printed to the console. But what if you need to input a value that is not a tekst? Consider the example below:

var age = brojOd(unos("How old are you: "));
ispis(age);

How old are you: 
22
22

In this example, the user is asked to input their age, which means we expect a broj. You can use the built-in brojOd function, which converts a tekst to a broj. If you need a logički value, you can use the logickiOd function.

Keep in mind that the unos function reads a line of input. This means that multiple words can be read at once. It stops reading at a new-line character:

var name = unos("Input your full name: ");
ispis("Hello " + name);

Input your full name: 
Bosscript Programming Language
Hello, Bosscript Programming Language