= Literals =

Cobra provides a convenient way to specify literals for initializing standard collections and [[BR]]
explicitly setting the types (size and sign) for numeric literals.

== List Literals ==
List contents comma separated, collection  [] delimited.

Empty list is []

e.g 
{{{
names = [ 'mike', 'gary', 'pat', 'bruce', 'paul'] # List<of String>
heads = [3,1,1,1,1] # List<of int>
if name in [ 'fred', 'george', 'bill' ]

myList=[]
myList.add('1th')
}}}

== Map/Dictionary Literals ==
Key and value colon separated, each entry comma separated, collection {} delimited.

empty map is {:}.

e.g.
{{{
nameId = { 'mike':10110, 'gary':21003, 'paul':32289 }  # Dictionary<of String, int>
assert nameId['mike'] == 10110

order = { 0:'mike', 1:'bruce', 2:'gary', 3:'pat' } # Dictionary<of int, String>

mmap = {:}
mmap['top'] = 99
}}}

== Set Literals ==
Values comma separated, collection {} delimited.

Empty set is {}.

e.g.
{{{
names= {'gary', 'mike', 'bruce', 'paul'}
assert names.intersection({'gary', 'paul'} == {'gary', 'paul'}
assert not names.isSuperSetOf({'paula'})

collisions={}
collisions.add(toyota)

}}}


== Numeric Literals ==

Non explicitly typed numeric Literals are typed to Decimal by default.[[BR]]
This can be overidden by the compiler '''-number''' commandline switch or '''@number''' compiler  directive.

Explicitly typed numeric literals can be specified by suffixing the numeric literal with a sign and size specification ( with an optional leading '_').


Signs are
    u - unsigned.
    i - signed 

Sizes are 
    8  
    16
    32
    64

as in 

{{{
i = 123      # default (Decimal)

ii = 123i    # integer (default size) 32 bits
# same as 
ii = 123 to int

j = 123_i16  #  signed 16 bit
k = 32u8     #  unsigned 8 bit == Byte

l = 879289992978_i64 # signed 64 bit 
}}}