func main(): i32 { let value = load_value() catch failure { fallback_for(failure.message()) } if value == 42 { return 0 } return 1 } func load_value(): i32! { return error.new("example.unavailable", "the primary value is unavailable") } func fallback_for(message: &str): i32 { return 42 }

use std/fmt.Format use std/io struct Point { x: i32 y: i32 } instance Point { impl Format method &self.try_format_into(output: &+String): void! { output.try_push_str("(")? self.x.try_format_into(output)? output.try_push_str(", ")? self.y.try_format_into(output)? output.try_push_str(")")? return } } func main(): i32! { let point = Point { x: 3, y: 4 } let message = "point = ${point}\n" io.print(&message)? return 0 }

use std/io use std/vec.Vec struct Point { x: i32 y: i32 } instance Point { operator (&self == other: &Self): bool { return self.x == other.x && self.y == other.y } } func main(): i32! { let first = Point { x: 3, y: 4 } let same = Point { x: 3, y: 4 } let other = Point { x: 5, y: 6 } if first != same || first == other { return 1 } let points = Vec [move first, move other] if points[0] != same { return 1 } var values = Vec [1, 2, 3] values[1] = 4 if values[0] + values[1] + values[2] != 8 { return 1 } io.print("equality found the point\n")? return 0 }

struct Buffer { values: [i32; 3] } instance Buffer { operator (&self[index: usize]): &i32 { return &self.values[index] } operator (&+self[index: usize]): &+i32 { return &+self.values[index] } } func at<C>(container: &C, index: usize): i32 where (&C[usize]): &i32 { return container[index] } func main(): i32 { var buffer = Buffer { values: [3, 4, 5] } buffer[1] = 9 if at(&buffer, 1) != 9 { return 1 } return 0 }

status.nct

use std/io
use std/process.{Command, ExitStatus}

func run(): i32! {
    var command = Command.new("./helper.sh")?
    command.arg("Nocter subprocess")?
    let status = command.status()?
    report(status)?
    return 0
}

func report(status: ExitStatus): void! {
    if status.success() {
        io.println("helper exited successfully")?
        return
    }
    let code = status.code() otherwise {
        let signal = status.signal() otherwise {
            return error.new("example.subprocess.invalid_status", "terminal status is incomplete")
        }
        let message = "helper terminated by signal ${signal}"
        io.println(&message)?
        return
    }
    let message = "helper exited with code ${code}"
    io.println(&message)?
    return
}