Commands
Below are tables containing Cubically’s commands. You can find them all formatted in a simple table in the quick reference.
- Name - the short, capitalized name of the command
- Char - the character(s) in the source that call the command
- Arg n - what the command does when called with argument n
- Implicit - what the command does when called without arguments
Cube commands
| Char | Name | Arg n | Implicit |
|---|---|---|---|
R |
RIGHT |
rotate the right face 90° clockwise n times | n = 1 |
L |
LEFT |
rotate the left face 90° clockwise n times | n = 1 |
U |
UP |
rotate the top face 90° clockwise n times | n = 1 |
D |
DOWN |
rotate the bottom face 90° clockwise n times | n = 1 |
F |
FRONT |
rotate the front face 90° clockwise n times | n = 1 |
B |
BACK |
rotate the back face 90° clockwise n times | n = 1 |
M |
MID_L |
rotate the middle layer inwards from the left face 90° clockwise n times | n = 1 |
E |
MID_D |
rotate the middle layer inwards from the bottom face 90° clockwise n times | n = 1 |
S |
MID_F |
rotate the middle layer inwards from the front face 90° clockwise n times | n = 1 |
There are two things notable about cube commands:
'is synonymous to3in source code.- Commands can have subscripts and superscripts attached to them. For more information, see turning inner layers.
General
| Char | Name | Arg n | Implicit |
|---|---|---|---|
& |
EXIT |
exit if the value of memory location n is nonzero | n = 6 |
+ |
ADD |
notepad += memory location n |
n = 6 |
- |
SUB |
notepad -= memory location n |
n = 7 |
* |
MUL |
notepad *= memory location n |
n = 6 |
/ |
DIV |
notepad /= memory location n |
n = 7 |
_ |
MOD |
notepad %= memory location n |
n = 6 |
^ |
POW |
notepad **= memory location n |
n = 6 |
= |
EQ |
notepad = (notepad == memory location n) | n = 7 |
< |
LT |
notepad = (notepad < memory location n) | n = 7 |
> |
GT |
notepad = (notepad > memory location n) | n = 7 |
⊕ |
XOR |
notepad = (notepad ⊕ memory location n) | n = 6 |
« |
LSHIFT |
notepad <<= memory location n |
n = 6 |
» |
RSHIFT |
notepad >>= memory location n |
n = 6 |
· |
AND |
notepad &= memory location n |
n = 6 |
| |
OR |
notepad |= memory location n |
n = 6 |
: |
SET |
notepad = memory location n | n = 7 |
I/O
| Char | Name | Arg n | Implicit |
|---|---|---|---|
@ |
PUTCHAR |
print memory location n as an ASCII character | n = 6 |
% |
PRINT |
print memory location n as an integer | n = 6 |
$ |
READ |
read an integer into input buffer n times | n = 1 |
~ |
GETCHAR |
read an ASCII character into input buffer n times | n = 1 |
Miscellaneous
| Char | Name | Behavior |
|---|---|---|
▦ |
SOLVE |
insert moves to solve the cube from the current state at the current point in the code |
■ |
PRINTCUBE |
print the cube |
¶ |
EVAL |
read a line from stdin and insert it into the code |
None of these commands take arguments.
Here are commands that have special behavior:
Loops
( and ) make up loops.
(...)will execute the code...forever.(0...)will execute the code...if the memory location 0 is nonzero, and loop while that is still
true.
(...)0will execute the code..., and loop while memory location 0 is nonzero.(12...)34will execute the code...if either the memory location 1 or 2 is nonzero, and loop while
(memory location 1 or memory location 2) and (memory location 3 or memory location 4) are nonzero.
Conditionals
? is an if-nonzero conditional. ! is an if-zero conditional.
?6.will execute.if memory location 6 is nonzero.!6.will execute.if memory location 6 is zero.?6{...}will execute...if memory location 6 is nonzero.!6{...}will execute...if memory location 6 is zero.
Note that if ? and ! when called implicitly are equivalent to ?6 and !6, respectively.
Functions
f calls a function. Unlike the rest of the commands in Cubically, f can be called with multiple-digit
numbers.
See functions for more information.