Contents

• Syntax
• Description
• Options
• f++ example
• n++ example
• Hard-coded variables
• Injecting file information
• Injecting pagination information
• Injecting project information
• Injecting operating system information
• Injecting date, time & timezone information

Syntax

The syntax for $ calls is:

$[string]

$[string]

Description

The $ function is used for printing variables, it takes a single string as an input parameter, which should be a variable name, and prints the value of the variable.

Options

The following options are available for $ calls:

f++ example

Example of $ being used with f++:

int a=0
 
# following three lines are essentially the same
console("a: ", a)
console("a: ", $[a])
console("a: $[a]")

n++ example

Example of $ being used with n++:

@int a=0
 
@# following three lines are essentially the same
@console("a: ", a)
@console("a: ", $[a])
@console("a: $[a]")

Hard-coded variables

A number of hard-coded variables are available with both f++ and n++ which are outlined in the following sections.

Injecting file information

The following information about the output file being built can be injected:

For example in a file template/head.content you may want something along the lines of:

<title>sitename - $[title]</title>

Injecting pagination information

The following information about pagination for the output file being built can be injected:

Injecting project information

The following information about the project Nift is managing can be injected:

Injecting operating system information

The following information about the operating system Nift is run from can be injected:

Injecting date, time and timezone information

The following information about dates and times can be injected: