Comparison of Basic Instructions of Programming Languages

Basic instructions of the three high-level programming languages offered by Unity (JavaScript, C#, and Boo) are compared here.

Conventions of This Article

The bold is the literal code. The non-bold is interpreted by the reader. Statements in guillemets (« … ») are optional. tab indicates a necessary indent.

The following tables compare code differences of the Unity programming languages. See also the Comparison of Programming Languages for general information.

Type Identifiers

Integer

Language	Boo	C#	UnityScript/JavaScript
8 bit (byte) Signed		sbyte	N/A
8 bit (byte) Unsigned		byte	N/A
16 bit (short integer) Signed	short	short	N/A
16 bit (short integer) Unsigned		ushort	N/A
32 bit Signed	int	int	N/A
32 bit Unsigned		uint	N/A
64 bit (long integer) Signed	long	long	N/A
64 bit long integer) Unsigned		ulong	N/A

Floating Point

Language	Boo	C#	UnityScript/JavaScript
Single Precision	single	float	N/A
Double Precision	double	double	Number
Arbitrarily Precise (bignum)	decimal

Other Types

Language	Boo	C#	UnityScript/JavaScript
Text Character	N/A	char	N/A
Text String	string	string	String
Boolean)	bool	bool	Boolean
Object/Universal)	object	object	Object

Derived Types

Array

Language	Boo	C#	UnityScript/JavaScript
one-dimensional fixed size array	(type)	type[size]	type[]
multi-dimensional fixed size array		type[size1, size2,...]
one-dimensional dynamic size array	List	System.Collections.ArrayList or System.Collections.Generic.List<type>	Array
multi-dimensional dynamic size array

Other Types

Language	Boo	C#	UnityScript/JavaScript
Record Simple Composite Types		struct name {type name;...}
Enumeration Simple Composite Types	enum condition: Tabitem1 Tab«item2 Tab…»

Basic Unity-Specific Types

Language	Boo	C#	UnityScript/JavaScript

Declarations

Language	Boo	C#	UnityScript/JavaScript

Flow Control

Conditional Statements

Language	Boo	C#	UnityScript/JavaScript

Loop Statements

Language	Boo	C#	UnityScript/JavaScript

Exceptions

Language	Boo	C#	UnityScript/JavaScript

Other Flow Control Statements

Language	Boo	C#	UnityScript/JavaScript

Functions

Language	Boo	C#	UnityScript/JavaScript

Type Conversions

Language	Boo	C#	UnityScript/JavaScript

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