Variables

Declaring Variables

acha — let (mutable)

acha jina = "Amina"
acha umri = 25

jina = "Fatma"  # Can be changed

thabiti — const (constant)

thabiti PI = 3.14159
thabiti KIWANGO = 100

# PI = 3.14  ← Error! Cannot reassign

Data Types

Type	Example	Keyword
Number	42, 3.14	—
String	"Jambo"	—
Boolean	kweli, sivyo	true/false
Null	tupu	null

Numbers

acha nambari = 10
thabiti KIWANGO = 100
acha matokeo = nambari * 2

andika("Nambari: " + nambari)
andika("Matokeo: " + matokeo)

Booleans

• kweli = true
• sivyo = false

acha niKweli = kweli
acha niSivyo = sivyo

kama (niKweli) {
  andika("This is true!")
}

Null

• tupu = null

acha hakuna = tupu

kama (hakuna ni tupu) {
  andika("Value is null")
}

Compound Assignment

acha jumla = 0
jumla += 5
jumla += 10

acha x = 10
x -= 3   # x = 7
x *= 2   # x = 14
x /= 2   # x = 7

Increment / Decrement

acha i = 1
i++      # i = 2
i--      # i = 1