Keywords

Keywords in EasyBite are reserved words that have predefined meaning and are essential to the language syntax. These cannot be used as names for variables, functions, classes, or other user-defined identifiers.

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Categorized List

Declarations & Assignment

• declare, set

Input & Output

• show, showline, input

Modules & Imports

• import, as

Control Flow

• if, then, else, else if, end if, choose, when, otherwise, end choose, try, capture, stop, exit, skip, error, raise

Loops

• for, from, to, step, by, end for, foreach, end foreach, while, repeat, times, end repeat, iterate, in, over, end iterate, generate

Functions & Callbacks

• function, return, end function, callback

Classes & OOP

• class, inherit, end class, method, end method, new, init, end init, this, parent

Asynchrony

• async, await

Operators & Modifiers

• inc, dec, remind, is, is in, is not, and, or, not

Literals & Types

• null, true, false, bytearray

Access Modifiers

• public, secret

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Keyword Reference Table

Keyword	Category	Functionality
declare	Declaration	Declares a new variable without assigning a value
set	Assignment	Assigns a value to a declared variable
show	Output	Displays a value or expression on screen
showline	Output	Prints a blank line for spacing
input	Input	Reads input from the user
import	Modules	Loads an external file/module
as	Alias	Renames an import or assigns alias to types or modules
if	Conditional	Starts a conditional block
then	Conditional	Begins the body of an if statement
else	Conditional	Begins the alternative block of an if statement
else if	Conditional	Specifies a new condition when previous if is false
end if	Conditional	Ends an if-else block
choose	Conditional	Switch-style statement for multiple conditions
when	Conditional	Defines a specific case in a choose block
otherwise	Conditional	Defines a fallback case in a choose block
end choose	Conditional	Ends a choose block
try	Exception Handling	Starts a block to try code that may raise an error
capture	Exception Handling	Catches an error from a try block
stop	Flow Control	Stops execution of current loop or flow
exit	Flow Control	Exits the current context (function or loop)
skip	Flow Control	Skips current iteration in loop
error	Exception Control	Defines or throws an error manually
raise	Exception Control	Triggers an error or custom condition
for	Loop	Begins a for loop
from	Loop Control	Specifies the start of a for loop
to	Loop Control	Specifies the end of a for loop
step	Loop Control	Specifies increment for a loop
by	Loop Control	Defines increment in generate loop
end for	Loop	Ends a for loop
foreach	Loop	Begins a foreach loop over a collection
end foreach	Loop	Ends a foreach loop
while	Loop	Begins a while loop
repeat	Loop	Starts a repeat loop
times	Loop Control	Specifies how many times to repeat
end repeat	Loop	Ends a repeat loop
iterate	Loop	Starts a general-purpose iteration block
in	Loop Control	Specifies collection in iterate loop
over	Loop Control	Used in iterate loop to traverse items
end iterate	Loop	Ends an iterate loop
generate	Loop	Begins a customized loop with step and range
function	Function	Declares a function
return	Function	Returns a value from a function
end function	Function	Ends a function block
callback	Function	Declares a function pointer or event
class	Object-Oriented	Starts a class definition
inherit	Object-Oriented	Enables inheritance in class definition
end class	Object-Oriented	Ends a class definition
method	Object-Oriented	Declares a method inside a class
end method	Object-Oriented	Ends a method definition
init	Object-Oriented	Constructor method inside a class
end init	Object-Oriented	Ends constructor block
this	Object-Oriented	Refers to current class instance
parent	Object-Oriented	Refers to superclass or parent method
new	Object-Oriented	Instantiates a new object
async	Asynchrony	Declares an asynchronous function
await	Asynchrony	Waits for an asynchronous result
inc	Arithmetic	Increments a value by 1
dec	Arithmetic	Decrements a value by 1
remind	Arithmetic	Performs a modulo operation
is	Comparison	Used to test value equality
is in	Comparison	Tests membership of a value in a collection
is not	Comparison	Tests inequality or non-membership
and	Logical Operator	Logical AND
or	Logical Operator	Logical OR
not	Logical Operator	Logical NOT
null	Literal	Represents an empty or undefined value
true	Boolean	Represents boolean true
false	Boolean	Represents boolean false
bytearray	Type	Represents a byte array or binary buffer
public	Access Modifier	Marks a class or method as publicly accessible
secret	Access Modifier	Marks a class or method as private or restricted