Odin-Fundamentals

Hello World in Odin

Every programming journey starts with Hello World. Let’s write our first Odin program.

The Code

Create a file named hello.odin:

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package main

import "core:fmt"

main :: …

Variables and Types in Odin

Odin is statically and strongly typed — every variable has a fixed type determined at compile time. Odin’s declaration syntax reads left-to-right: name : type = value for variables, name :: …

Operators in Odin

Operators are the punctuation of a programming language – the symbols that combine values to compute new ones. Odin’s operator set will feel immediately familiar to C, Go, and Pascal …

Control Flow in Odin

Control flow determines the order in which statements execute – which branches run, how often code repeats, and when a loop stops. As an imperative, procedural language, Odin handles control …

Functions in Odin

In Odin, the callable unit of code is called a procedure (proc), not a “function.” This naming follows the Pascal and Oberon tradition that influenced the language, and it reflects …

I/O Operations in Odin

Input and output are where a program meets the outside world – the terminal, the filesystem, and the user. Odin approaches I/O the way it approaches everything else: explicitly. There are no …