Data Types & Variables

Overview

In MowaLang, variables are declared using idhi.
You can define a variable by either assigning it a value directly (implicit declaration) or by specifying its type (explicit declaration).

Every variable must have either a value or a type — MowaLang does not allow declarations without one of these.

Core Data Types

MowaLang supports three fundamental data types:

example:

idhi age    =  20;               // number
idhi name   = "Pradeep Varma";   // string
idhi active =  nijam;            // bool

Variable Declarations

Under this, you can structure:

Implicit Declarations

With implicit declarations, the type is inferred from the value you assign.

example:

idhi x =  42;
idhi y = "hello";
idhi z =  abadham;

Explicit Declarations

If you're not assigning a value immediately, or if you plan to use the variable for user input, you must declare its type explicitly.

example:

idhi x : number;
idhi y : string;
idhi z : bool;

idhi a : number = 20;

Utility Statements

Checking Types with rakam

MowaLang provides a utility called rakam to check the data type of a variable or value at runtime.

It behaves like the typeof operator in other languages and returns the type as a string ("number", "string", or "bool").

example:

idhi name = "mowa";
mowa rakam(name);

output:

string

Now that you know how to declare and use variables in MowaLang, you're now ready to display values using mowa and accept user input using theekso in your programs. Let’s move on!