Operators

Animal language uses a unique set of operators, many of which are named after animal sounds or behaviors.

Arithmetic Operators

The core arithmetic operations in Animal use animal-themed keywords:

Animal Operator	Traditional	Description	Example
meow	+	Addition	5 meow 3 → 8
woof	-	Subtraction	10 woof 4 → 6
moo	*	Multiplication	6 moo 7 → 42
drone	/	Division	20 drone 5 → 4
squeak	%	Modulo (remainder)	17 squeak 5 → 2
soar	^	Exponentiation	2 soar 3 → 8

These operators work with both integer and floating-point numbers:

float_result -> 10.5 meow 2.3   :: 12.8
integer_div -> 7 drone 2        :: 3.5 (division always returns float)
mixed -> 5 moo 1.5              :: 7.5

Unary Operators

Animal supports unary plus and minus:

positive -> +5   :: Same as 5
negative -> -10  :: Negation

String Operations

For string operations, Animal provides:

Operator	Description	Example
purr	Concatenation	"hello" purr " world" → "hello world"

String and numeric values can be concatenated with automatic conversion:

greeting -> "Age: " purr 25   :: "Age: 25"

Assignment Operators

Animal uses an arrow for assignment:

Operator	Description
->	Assigns the value on the right to the variable on the left

Example:

name -> "Luna"
age -> 5

:: Multiple assignments
a -> b -> c -> 10   :: All three variables get value 10

Compound assignment operators (like +=, -=) are not supported in the current version.

Comparison Operators

Animal uses standard comparison operators:

Operator	Description	Example
==	Equal to	5 == 5 → true
!=	Not equal to	5 != 3 → true
>	Greater than	10 > 5 → true
<	Less than	3 < 7 → true
>=	Greater than or equal to	5 >= 5 → true
<=	Less than or equal to	4 <= 6 → true

Comparison operators work with numbers and strings (lexicographical comparison):

:: Number comparison
temperature -> 28
is_hot -> temperature > 25   :: true

:: String comparison
name -> "Alice"
alphabetical -> name < "Bob"  :: true (A comes before B)

Logical Operators

For combining boolean expressions:

Operator	Description	Example
and	Logical AND	true and false → false
or	Logical OR	true or false → true

These can be combined for complex conditions:

temp -> 28
is_sunny -> true

go_swimming -> temp > 25 and is_sunny   :: true

Operator Precedence

Operators in Animal follow this precedence order (highest to lowest):

1. Parentheses ()

2. Unary operators +, -

3. Exponentiation soar

4. Multiplication, Division, Modulo moo, drone, squeak

5. Addition, Subtraction meow, woof

6. String concatenation purr

7. Comparison operators >, <, >=, <=, ==, !=

8. Logical operators and, or

9. Assignment ->

You can use parentheses to override default precedence:

:: Default precedence (multiplication before addition)
result1 -> 2 meow 3 moo 4   :: 2 + (3 * 4) = 14

:: With parentheses
result2 -> (2 meow 3) moo 4  :: (2 + 3) * 4 = 20