Python Cheat Sheet

This guide will help you learn Darklang if you're familiar with Python.

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Comments

In Python, you use a # to start a comment:

# This is a comment

In Darklang, you use a let _ = to start a comment, and you write the comment as a String:

Strings

In Python, you can write a String in multiple ways:

"This is a string"
'This is also a string'

In Darklang, you always use double quotes:

Functions

In Python, you use the def keyword to define a function:

def say_hello():
    print('Hello World')

and you call a function with the function name, followed by parentheses:

say_hello()

In Darklang, you create a function from the sidebar:

This will open a new function in the function space, where you can define the name of the function and its contents:

Standard Library/Built-in Functions

Python defines a set of built in functions that are called like this:

# This returns 2 to the power of 2.
math.power(2,2)

Darklang has a set of built in functions as well, which can be accessed via the autocomplete:

If/Elif/Else statements

In Python, you would write an if statement like this:

a = 5
b = 10

if p > a:
   print("b is greater than a")
elif a == b:
   print("a and b are equal")
else
    print("a is greater than b")

In Darklang, the same statement would look this this:

Note that we highlight the path your code takes - so if we were to change the values, a different piece of the if statement would be highlighted: