ASCII Code

ASCII Code is a esolang made by Mihai Popa. The goal is to fit a program in a ASCII square or rectangle.

Command list

Command list

Command	Meaning
s	Sets the current variable. Variable can be any of the 26 letters.
p	Pushes the character next to it to the variable specified by the s command.
j	Pushes the number next to it to the variable specified by the s command.
w	Writes the contents of the variable specified by the s command as a ASCII character.
n	Writes the contents of the variable specified by the s command as a number.
c	Clears the variable specified by the s command.
h	Halts execution.
i	Stores user input to the variable specified by the s command.
g	Prints the variable specified by the s command as a string (use with user input).
l	Adds 2 variables and stores in the variable specified.
m	Subtracts 2 variables and stores in the variable specified.
q	Multiples 2 variables and stores in the variable specified.
d	Divides 2 variables and stores in the variable specified.
f	If statement, 2 variables (letters) or 2 numbers or a mix in between, execute code in the brackets.
y	While loop, 2 variables (letters) or 2 numbers or a mix in between, execute code in the brackets.
a	Start of forever loop.
o	End of forever loop.
x	For loop, start, end, step size (optional), execute code in the brackets.

Comments can be done with a percent sign, %, then end with a semicolon ;

Commands are separated by a semicolon.

Values are separated by a space.

It executes from left to right, top to bottom. Also, it's 2D, like in Befunge or Fish.

Detailed description of the if statement

Example:

|---------------------------------|
| % If statement example ;        |
| f 3 5 n [s t ; p H ; w ; p i ;  |
| w ; p ! ; w ;] ;                |
|---------------------------------|

Means if 3 and 5 are not equal, then print "Hi!"

The third value can be one of the following:

e = equal to

n = not equal to

g = greater than

l = less than

q = greater or equal to

s = less or equal to

Examples

Hello, world!

|---------------------------------|
| % Hello, world! ;               |
| % in ASCII Code ;               |
| % "p   ;" means a space ;       |
|                                 |
| s t ; p H ; w ; p e ; w ; p l ; |
| w ; w ; p o ; w ; p , ; w ;     |
| p   ; w ; p w ; w ; p o ; w ;   |
| p r ; w ; p l ; w ; p d ; w ;   |
| p ! ; w ;                       |
|                                 |
| % End of program! ;             |
|---------------------------------|

Cat

|-----------------------|
| % Cat in ASCII Code ; |
|                       |
| s i ; i ; g ;         |
|-----------------------|

XKCD Random Number

|------------------------|
| % XKCD in ASCII Code ; |
|                        |
| s n ; p 4 ; w ;        |
|------------------------|

Truth Machine

|------------------------|
| % Truth Machine in ;   |
| % ASCII Code ;         |
|                        |
| s t ; i ; f t 0 e [    |
| p 0 ; w ;] ; w t 1 e [ |
| a ; p 1 ; w ; o ;] ;   |
|------------------------|