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Comments

Ooga Booga supports single-line comments using the OOF keyword.

Syntax

A comment starts with OOF and extends to the end of the line. Everything after OOF on the same line is ignored by the compiler.

OOF This entire line is a comment

OOGA x BE 42    OOF This is an inline comment
SAY x           OOF Print x to the cave wall

Placement

Comments can appear:

  • On their own line
  • At the end of any statement line
  • As section dividers in long programs
OOF ─────────────────────────────────────────────
OOF  Phase 1: Initialisation
OOF ─────────────────────────────────────────────

OOGA count BE 0    OOF start counting from zero
OOGA limit BE 100  OOF stop at 100

Block comments

Ooga Booga does not have multi-line block comment syntax. Use multiple OOF lines instead:

OOF This function computes the nth triangle number:
OOF   T(n) = 1 + 2 + ... + n = n*(n+1)/2
OOF It uses a simple loop rather than the formula.

MAGIC triangle(n)
    OOGA total BE 0
    OOGA i BE 1
    UGGA WHILE i SMALLR IS n
        total GETS total PLUS i
        i GETS i PLUS 1
    UGHA
    GIVEBACK total
UGHA

Comments and the OOF identifier

The lexer treats OOF as a comment only when it appears as a standalone word (not as part of a longer identifier). The following is a valid variable name:

OOGA OOFBALL BE 42   OOF 'OOFBALL' starts with OOF but is an identifier

The identifier OOFBALL is valid because the lexer checks that OOF is not followed immediately by another alphanumeric character.