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- The <code>return</code> statement may appear within a <code>for</code> or an <code>if</code>.
- The only effects that a function can have are changing the likelihood, printing things, and returning an output.
- Looping allows for limited side-effects.
- Unlike some other languages, the curly braces are mandatory in if statements (the parentheses around the condition are not).

## Working with scalar data

<div className="language-table">
<table>
<tr><th>Feature</th><th>Example</th></tr>
<tr><td>The basic datatypes are integer, real, boolean, and string</td><td><code>42</code> (integer), <code>3.14</code> (real), <code>true</code> or <code>false</code> (boolean), <code>"hello"</code> (string)</td></tr>
<tr><td>The basic datatypes are integer, real, boolean, and string</td><td><code>42</code> (Int), <code>3.14</code> (Real), <code>true</code> or <code>false</code> (Bool), <code>"hello"</code> (String)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Arithmetic on numbers</td><td><code>2.0 + 3.0</code>, <code>2.0 - 3.0</code>, <code>2.0 * 3.0</code>, <code>2.0 / 3.0</code></td></tr>
<tr><td>Comparisons (return booleans)</td><td><code>2.0 &lt; 3.0</code>, <code>2.0 &lt;= 3.0</code>, <code>2.0 == 3.0</code>, <code>2.0 &gt;= 3.0</code>, <code>2.0 &gt; 3.0</code></td></tr>
<tr><td>Boolean logic, AND (true if both are true)</td><td><code>a &amp;&amp; b</code></td></tr>
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</table>
</div>

- The basic datatypes are integer, real, boolean, and string. Each of them can be converted to a sequence by <code>[]</code>.
- The basic datatypes are integer (Int), real (Real), boolean (Bool), and string (String). Each of them can be converted to a sequence by <code>[]</code>. For instance, <code>Int[]</code> for a sequence of integers.
- It is not possible to change individual elements. For example: <code>let testSeq[1] = x;</code> <em>// compiler error!</em>

## Probabilistic programming
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