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Integers in Trillium

The int data type can store whole numbers from -2147483648 to 2147483647. In general the int data type is the preferred data type when we create variables with a numeric value.

Below will show you how integers are handled in Trillium and how you can define integers.

Declaring Integers

Below will show you how to declare integers

var someNum = 13
var someNumDefined : int = 13

Above you can see how to first create a integer variable by defining 'var someNum' and setting it equal to 13. You can also define a integer implicitly by using the ' : int ' nomenclature.

Using Integer

Ints have a wide variety of use as they can be the result against other variable types like strings. It is recommended to look at the calculator example to see integers. Below is a video of this method being made as well.

function calculator(firstNum : int, secondNum : int, operator : string) : string
{
    var result = 0
    if operator == "+"
    {
        result = firstNum + secondNum
        return string(result)
    }
    else if operator == "-"
    {
        result = firstNum - secondNum
        return string(result)
    }
    else if operator == "*"
    {
        result = firstNum * secondNum
        return string(result)
    }
    else if operator == "/"
    {
        result = firstNum / secondNum
        return string(result)
    }
    else 
    {
        return "No known operator was given"
    }
}

You can see above some common uses for ints in Trillium. Of course this is a basic example and other use cases can and do exist.

Casting to a Integer

Depending on the return type a method uses it won't always return an int, but rather a string of an int like '1337', so you need to cast this to a int.

function turnStringToInt(someInt : string) : int
{
  var stringInt = int(someInt)
  return stringInt
}

If you pass the string '1337' to the method above it will return a int value of 1337

Integers in Trillium

Declaring Integers

Using Integer

Casting to a Integer

Making a Calculator in tIDE