Fundamentals of NewtonScript

A Brief Overview of NewtonScript

NewtonScript has a full range of features:

Frames
These are unordered structures, somewhat similar to Pascal records or C structs.

Arrays
Ordered data structures, like arrays elsewhere.

Built-in Functions
Standard string, real, array, frame, and integer functions.

Symbols
Variable names--available at run time.

Basic Types
Integers, booleans, and characters.

Complex Types
Reals, arrays, frames, and strings.

Operators
All the standard ones.

Conditional Statements
if then, if then else.

Looping Statements
loop, for, while, repeat, and some new ones.

We will cover each of these in detail, starting with frames and then moving down the list.


An online version of Programming for the Newton using Macintosh, 2nd ed. ©1996, 1994, Julie McKeehan and Neil Rhodes.

Last modified: 1 DEC 1996