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Jott
(This is a just a quick intro to Jott, an esoteric programming language)
Jott uses two characters of your choice.
To tell which character is which, before starting your code, you must have a () with [char #1] [char # 2] inside of it.
For example:
(. ) (.-) ( =) (_,) (xo)
etc.
The first character will be called "1C" and the second character will be called "2C" so I don't have to write First or Second Character a bunch of times
There are "sections" and "groups" in your code.
A group is a command, made up of the 1C repeated an amount of times, followed by the 2C:
(.-)
..- <- 1 group
..-...-.- <- 3 groups
A section is a group of 7 groups:
...-..-.-.-..-....-.-
You can also have no 1C in between groups:
---.--..-.-
Depending on the position of a group in a section, it will do a different command.
It uses a cell/tape system, similar to Brainfuck
group 1 = increment current cell by [#]
group 2 = decrement to current cell by [#]
group 3 = go to next cell [#] times
group 4 = go to previous cell [#] times
group 5 = if cell value < or = 0 branch to group 1 of section [#]
group 6 = output cell [#] times
group 7 = ask for user input if cell value > [#] and set cell value to ascii value of input (the greater than part may change)
You get the [#] from the amount of C1 in the group
Hello World program, untested:
(.-)
........................................................................-----.- (H)
--.----- (next)
.....................................................................................................-----.- (E)
--.----- (next)
............................................................................................................-----.- (L)
--.----- (next)
............................................................................................................-----.- (L)
--.----- (next)
...............................................................................................................-----.- (O)
--.----- (next)
................................-----.- ([space])
--.----- (next)
.......................................................................................-----.- (W)
--.----- (next)
...............................................................................................................-----.- (O)
--.----- (next)
..................................................................................................................-----.- (R)
--.----- (next)
............................................................................................................-----.- (L)
--.----- (next)
....................................................................................................-----.- (D)