THE SPARKY LANGUAGE

Small words.
Big possibilities.

The same reference you see when you hover over code in Sparky. Search a command, find an example, and try it in the app.

130 entries

say "Hello!"

think "Hmm..."

speak "Hello"

ask "Your name?" into name

write "Score: {score}" size 24 bold

set score to 0

change score by 1

add "fish" to pets

remove "cat" from pets

insert "fish" at 1 in pets

save score as "best"

load "best" into best

reset timer

repeat 4 times
  move 50
  turn 90
end

forever
  turn 5
end

if score > 5 then
  say "Wow!"
end

if x > 0 then
  say "yes"
else
  say "no"
end

for i from 1 to 10
  say i
end

wait 0.5

stop loop

try
  say 1 / 0
oops
  say problem
end

oops
  say problem

use "shapes.spark"

end

teach square side
  repeat 4 times
    move side
    turn 90
  end
end

do square 50

give back n * 2

return n * 2

when key "space" pressed
  say "jump!"
end

broadcast "go"

next frame

make sprite rocket with costume "rocket"

tell rocket
  move 50
end

costume "cat"

ghost 50

layer front

bounce if on edge

glide to 100 50 in 2 seconds

move 100

back 50

turn left 90

point 90

goto 100 -50

home

hide

show

size 150

stamp

speed 8

pen color "orange"

clear

background "ink"

backdrop "space"

circle 50

rectangle 80 by 40

polygon 6 sides 40

star 5 points 40

dot 10

arc 90 radius 50

fill color "yellow"

no fill

play note 4 for 0.5

tempo 120

instrument "guitar"

rest 1

beep

pin 13 on

servo 9 to 90

buzzer 8

length(pets)

upper("hi")

lower("HI")

trim("  hi ")

capital("sparky")

text(42)

number("42")

sqrt(16)

power(2, 10)

round(3.14159, 2)

abs(-5)

floor(3.7)

ceil(3.2)

log(1000)

ln(10)

clamp(x, 0, 100)

sin(30)

cos(60)

tan(45)

min(3, 7, 1)

max(scores)

sum([1, 2, 3])

distance(0, 0)

angle(100, 50)

rgb(255, 136, 0)

join(pets, ", ")

split("a b c")

contains(pets, "cat")

replace("I like cats", "cats", "dogs")

begins("hello", "he")

ends("hello", "lo")

find("banana", "nan")

words("a big dog")

letters("abc")

pick(pets)

reverse("abc")

sort([3, 1, 2])

index(pets, "dog")

slice(pets, 2, 3)

range(1, 10)

shuffle(cards)

unique([1, 1, 2])

count(rolls, 6)

keys(pet)

xpos()

ypos()

direction()

say timer

say pi * 2

say hour

say minute

say second

say today

say weekday

say problem

random 1 to 6

if touching edge then

goto mouse x mouse y

if key "left" down then

item 1 of pets

read pin A0

Examples show command syntax. A block opener such as if needs its body and end; an expression needs a command such as say to display its result.