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title: Squiggle Language
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---
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import { SquiggleEditor } from "../../src/components/SquiggleEditor";
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The squiggle language has a very simple syntax. The best way to get to understand
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it is by simply looking at examples.
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## Expressions and statements
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A squiggle **expression** is a value like a float or a distribution or a data structure like an array or a record.
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<SquiggleEditor initialSquiggleString={`mixture(1 to 2, 3, [0.3, 0.7])`} />
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The bottom line of your squiggle buffer should be an expression, which we evaluate (i.e., render). Sometimes we call the last expression of a squiggle file an _export_.
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A squiggle **assignment** is a statement, when you want to bind an expression to a name.
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<SquiggleEditor
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initialSquiggleString={`value_of_work = 10 to 70
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value_of_work`}
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/>
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### Functions
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Some assignments are functions
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<SquiggleEditor
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initialSquiggleString={`ozzie_estimate(t) = lognormal(1, t ^ 1.01)
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nuño_estimate(t) = mixture(0.5 to 2, normal(1, t ^ 1.25))
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ozzie_estimate(5) * nuño_estimate(5.5)
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`}
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/>
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## Data structures
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A squiggle **array** is a list of expressions, which is interpretable as an export.
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<SquiggleEditor
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initialSquiggleString={`[cauchy(1,1), 4, isNormalized(toPointSet(1 to 2))]`}
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/>
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A squiggle **record** is a key-value store with dot accessors.
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<SquiggleEditor
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initialSquiggleString={`d1 = {dist: normal(0, 1), weight: 0.25}
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d2 = {dist: 5 to 6, weight: 0.75}
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mx(d1.dist, d2.dist, [d1.weight, d2.weight])`}
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/>
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