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^title Method Calls
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^category language
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**TODO: Refactor `method-calls` and `classes` into using and creating classes.**
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Wren is object-oriented, so most code consists of method calls. Most of them
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look like so:
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:::wren
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:::dart
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IO.print("hello")
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items.add("another")
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items.insert(1, "value")
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@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ argument list in parentheses. Semantically, a method call works like this:
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Methods that do not take any arguments leave off the `()`:
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:::wren
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:::dart
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text.length
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These are special "getters" or "accessors" in other languages. In Wren, they're
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@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ other. In technical terms, this means you can overload by *arity*.
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In normal human terms, it means you can overload by number of parameters. These
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are calls to two different methods:
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:::dart
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items.add("one arg")
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items.add("first", "second")
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@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ implement separately.
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Modifying a public property of some object looks like you expect:
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:::wren
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:::dart
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point.x = 123
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You can probably guess by now, but again this is just another special syntax
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@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ just a special syntax for regular method calls.
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Wren has a few prefix operators:
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:::wren
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:::dart
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! ~ -
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They are just method calls on the operand without any other arguments. An
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@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ We have a few other operators to play with. The remaining ones are
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infix—they have operators on either side. In order of increasing
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precedence, they are:
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:::wren
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:::dart
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== !=
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< > <= >=
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.. ...
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@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ which can in turn be iterated over using a `for` [loop](looping.html).
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Most languages use square brackets (`[]`) for working with collection-like
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objects. For example:
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:::wren
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:::dart
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list.add["item"]
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map["key"] = "value"
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@@ -100,5 +102,5 @@ You know the refrain by now. In Wren, these are just method calls. Subscript
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operators can also be overloaded by arity, which is useful for things like
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multi-dimensional arrays:
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:::wren
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:::dart
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table[3, 5] = "value"
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