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      • 3g: Molds and Mold-Builders
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                                                    • 1a: Basic Arithmetic
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                                                    • 1c: Molds and Mold-Builders
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                                                    • 2d: Bit Logic
                                                    • 2e: Insecure Hashing
                                                    • 2f: Noun Ordering
                                                    • 2g: Unsigned Powers
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                                                    • 2o: Normalizing Containers
                                                    • 2p: Serialization
                                                    • 2q: Molds and Mold-Builders
                                                    • 3a: Modular and Signed Ints
                                                    • 3b: Floating Point
                                                    • 3c: Urbit Time
                                                    • 3d: SHA Hash Family
                                                    • 3e: AES encryption (Removed)
                                                    • 3f: Scrambling
                                                    • 3g: Molds and Mold-Builders
                                                    • 4a: Exotic Bases
                                                    • 4b: Text Processing
                                                    • 4c: Tank Printer
                                                    • 4d: Parsing (Tracing)
                                                    • 4e: Parsing (Combinators)
                                                    • 4f: Parsing (Rule-Builders)
                                                    • 4g: Parsing (Outside Caller)
                                                    • 4h: Parsing (ASCII Glyphs)
                                                    • 4i: Parsing (Useful Idioms)
                                                    • 4j: Parsing (Bases and Base Digits)
                                                    • 4k: Atom Printing
                                                    • 4l: Atom Parsing
                                                    • 4m: Formatting Functions
                                                    • 4n: Virtualization
                                                    • 4o: Molds
                                                    • 5a: Compiler Utilities
                                                    • 5b: Macro Expansion
                                                    • 5c: Compiler Backend & Prettyprinter
                                                    • 5d: Parser
                                                    • 5e: Molds and mold builders
                                                    • 5f: Profiling support
                                                    • Runes

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                                                                                              Reference/Hoon/Standard Library

                                                                                              2q: Molds and Mold-Builders

                                                                                              +$axis

                                                                                              Tree address

                                                                                              A Nock axis inside a noun. After the leading 1, in binary, a 1 signfies right and 0 left.

                                                                                              Source

                                                                                              +$ axis @

                                                                                              Examples

                                                                                              > =axis `axis`7
                                                                                              > axis
                                                                                              7
                                                                                              > `@ub`axis
                                                                                              0b111
                                                                                              > =noun [[4 5] [6 14 15]]
                                                                                              > .*(noun [0 axis])
                                                                                              [14 15]

                                                                                              +$bean

                                                                                              Boolean

                                                                                              0, &, or %.y are true, and 1, |, and %.n are false.

                                                                                              Note 1 is false and 0 is true. This is sometimes referred to as "loobean".

                                                                                              Source

                                                                                              +$ bean ?

                                                                                              Examples

                                                                                              > *bean
                                                                                              %.y
                                                                                              > `bean`&
                                                                                              %.y
                                                                                              > `bean`|
                                                                                              %.n

                                                                                              +$flag

                                                                                              Boolean

                                                                                              Same as $bean.

                                                                                              Source

                                                                                              +$ flag ?

                                                                                              +$char

                                                                                              Character

                                                                                              A single @t character.

                                                                                              Source

                                                                                              +$ char @t

                                                                                              Examples

                                                                                              > *char
                                                                                              ''
                                                                                              > `char`'a'
                                                                                              'a'

                                                                                              +$cord

                                                                                              UTF-8 text

                                                                                              One of Hoon's two string types (the other being tape). A cord is an atom of UTF-8 text.

                                                                                              Source

                                                                                              +$ cord @t

                                                                                              Examples

                                                                                              > *cord
                                                                                              ''
                                                                                              > `@ux`'foobar'
                                                                                              0x7261.626f.6f66
                                                                                              > `@t`97
                                                                                              'a'
                                                                                              > `@`'urbit'
                                                                                              499.984.265.845
                                                                                              > `@t`499.984.265.845
                                                                                              'urbit'

                                                                                              Discussion

                                                                                              Aura @t designates a Unicode atom, little-endian: the first character in the text is the least-significant byte.

                                                                                              trip converts from cord to tape, and crip converts from tape to cord.


                                                                                              +$byts

                                                                                              bytes, LSB first

                                                                                              An atom dat with its byte-length specified in wid. This is to handle leading zeros that are typically ignored.

                                                                                              Source

                                                                                              +$ byts [wid=@ud dat=@]

                                                                                              Examples

                                                                                              > *byts
                                                                                              [wid=0 dat=0]
                                                                                              > =a `byts`[4 2]
                                                                                              > a
                                                                                              [wid=4 dat=2]
                                                                                              > `@ux`(rev 3 a)
                                                                                              0x200.0000

                                                                                              +$date

                                                                                              Parsed date

                                                                                              A boolean designating AD or BC, a year atom, a month atom, and a tarp, which is a day atom and a time.

                                                                                              Source

                                                                                              +$ date [[a=? y=@ud] m=@ud t=tarp]

                                                                                              Examples

                                                                                              > *date
                                                                                              [[a=%.y y=0] m=0 t=[d=0 h=0 m=0 s=0 f=~]]
                                                                                              > `date`(yore ~2014.6.6..21.09.15..0a16)
                                                                                              [[a=%.y y=2.014] m=6 t=[d=6 h=21 m=9 s=15 f=~[0xa16]]]
                                                                                              > now
                                                                                              ~2018.5.25..17.55.15..9ad8

                                                                                              Discussion

                                                                                              See also: year, yore


                                                                                              +$knot

                                                                                              ASCII text

                                                                                              An atom type that only permits ASCII characters.

                                                                                              Source

                                                                                              +$ knot @ta

                                                                                              Examples

                                                                                              > *knot
                                                                                              ~.
                                                                                              > `@ta`105
                                                                                              ~.i

                                                                                              +$noun

                                                                                              Any noun

                                                                                              Source

                                                                                              +$ noun *

                                                                                              Examples

                                                                                              > *noun
                                                                                              0
                                                                                              > `noun`'foo'
                                                                                              7.303.014
                                                                                              > `noun`"foo"
                                                                                              [102 111 111 0]

                                                                                              +$path

                                                                                              Like unix path

                                                                                              A path is a list of $knot.

                                                                                              Source

                                                                                              +$ path (list knot)

                                                                                              Examples

                                                                                              > *path
                                                                                              /
                                                                                              > `path`"foo"
                                                                                              /f/o/o
                                                                                              > `path`[~.foo ~.bar ~.baz ~]
                                                                                              /foo/bar/baz

                                                                                              +$stud

                                                                                              Standard name

                                                                                              Source

                                                                                              +$ stud :: standard name
                                                                                              $@ mark=@tas :: auth=urbit
                                                                                              $: auth=@tas :: standards authority
                                                                                              type=path :: standard label
                                                                                              == ::

                                                                                              +$tang

                                                                                              Bottom-first error

                                                                                              A list of tanks. It's for printing types and bottom-up printing of stack traces.

                                                                                              Source

                                                                                              +$ tang (list tank)

                                                                                              Examples

                                                                                              > *tang
                                                                                              ~
                                                                                              > %- %- slog
                                                                                              ^- tang
                                                                                              :~ 'foo'
                                                                                              leaf+"bar"
                                                                                              [%palm ["|" "(" "!" ")"] leaf+"foo" leaf+"bar" leaf+"baz" ~]
                                                                                              [%rose [" " "[" "]"] leaf+"foo" leaf+"bar" leaf+"baz" ~]
                                                                                              ==
                                                                                              foo
                                                                                              bar
                                                                                              (!foo|bar|baz)
                                                                                              [foo bar baz]
                                                                                              ~
                                                                                              ~

                                                                                              +$tank

                                                                                              Formatted print tree

                                                                                              A tank is one of four cases:

                                                                                              • just a cord.
                                                                                              • %leaf is just a tape.
                                                                                              • %palm is a list of tank delimited by the strings in p, with back-steps at new lines.
                                                                                              • %rose is a list of tank delimited by the strings in p without back-steps at new lines.

                                                                                              Source

                                                                                              +$ tank
                                                                                              $~ leaf/~
                                                                                              $@ cord
                                                                                              $% [%leaf p=tape]
                                                                                              [%palm p=(qual tape tape tape tape) q=(list tank)]
                                                                                              [%rose p=(trel tape tape tape) q=(list tank)]
                                                                                              ==

                                                                                              Examples

                                                                                              > *tank
                                                                                              [%leaf p=""]
                                                                                              > ~(ram re 'foobar')
                                                                                              "foobar"
                                                                                              > ~(ram re leaf+"foo")
                                                                                              "foo"
                                                                                              > ~(ram re [%palm ["|" "(" "!" ")"] leaf+"foo" leaf+"bar" leaf+"baz" ~])
                                                                                              "(!foo|bar|baz)"
                                                                                              > ~(ram re [%rose [" " "[" "]"] leaf+"foo" leaf+"bar" leaf+"baz" ~])
                                                                                              "[foo bar baz]"

                                                                                              +$tape

                                                                                              List of characters

                                                                                              One of Hoon's two string types, the other being +cord. A tape is a list of @tD.

                                                                                              Source

                                                                                              +$ tape (list @tD)

                                                                                              Examples

                                                                                              > *tape
                                                                                              ""
                                                                                              > `tape`"foobar"
                                                                                              "foobar"
                                                                                              >`(list @t)`"foobar"
                                                                                              <|f o o b a r|>
                                                                                              >`(list @tD)`"foobar"
                                                                                              "foobar"
                                                                                              > `(list @)`"foobar"
                                                                                              ~[102 111 111 98 97 114]

                                                                                              +$tour

                                                                                              UTF-32 clusters

                                                                                              A tour is a list of UTF-32 characters.

                                                                                              Source

                                                                                              +$ tour (list @c)

                                                                                              Examples

                                                                                              > *tour
                                                                                              ~
                                                                                              > `tour`(tuba "foobar")
                                                                                              ~[~-f ~-o ~-o ~-b ~-a ~-r]

                                                                                              +$tarp

                                                                                              Parsed time

                                                                                              The time component of a date: day, hour, minute, second and a list of @ux for precision.

                                                                                              Source

                                                                                              +$ tarp [d=@ud h=@ud m=@ud s=@ud f=(list @ux)]

                                                                                              Examples

                                                                                              > *tarp
                                                                                              [d=0 h=0 m=0 s=0 f=~]
                                                                                              > (yell now)
                                                                                              [d=106.751.991.821.625 h=22 m=58 s=10 f=~[0x44ff]]
                                                                                              > `tarp`(yell ~2014.6.6..21.09.15..0a16)
                                                                                              [d=106.751.991.820.172 h=21 m=9 s=15 f=~[0xa16]]
                                                                                              > (yell ~d20)
                                                                                              [d=20 h=0 m=0 s=0 f=~]

                                                                                              +$term

                                                                                              Hoon constant

                                                                                              A restricted text atom for Hoon constants. The only characters permitted are lowercase ASCII letters, -, and 0-9, the latter two of which cannot be the first character. The syntax for @tas is the text itself, always preceded by %. The empty @tas has a special syntax, $.

                                                                                              Source

                                                                                              +$ term @tas

                                                                                              Examples

                                                                                              > *term
                                                                                              %$
                                                                                              > *%term
                                                                                              %term
                                                                                              > %dead-fish9
                                                                                              %dead-fish9
                                                                                              > -:!>(%dead-fish9)
                                                                                              #t/%dead-fish9
                                                                                              > -:!>(`@tas`%dead-fish9)
                                                                                              #t/@tas

                                                                                              +$wain

                                                                                              List of strings

                                                                                              A list of cords. A wain is used instead of a single cord with \n.

                                                                                              Source

                                                                                              +$ wain (list cord)

                                                                                              Examples

                                                                                              > *wain
                                                                                              <||>
                                                                                              > `wain`/som/del/rok
                                                                                              <|som del rok|>

                                                                                              +$wall

                                                                                              List of list of characters

                                                                                              A list of tapes. wall is used instead of a single tape with \n.

                                                                                              Source

                                                                                              +$ wall (list tape)

                                                                                              Examples

                                                                                              > *wall
                                                                                              <<>>
                                                                                              > `wall`(wash [0 20] leaf+<(bex 256)>)
                                                                                              <<
                                                                                              "\\/115.792.089.237.\\/"
                                                                                              " 316.195.423.570."
                                                                                              " 985.008.687.907."
                                                                                              " 853.269.984.665."
                                                                                              " 640.564.039.457."
                                                                                              " 584.007.913.129."
                                                                                              " 639.936"
                                                                                              "\\/ \\/"
                                                                                              >>

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