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I know very little about the LOLCODE programming language. This document will go over all of my knowledge of the LOLCODE programming language.

This is how you make a Hello World program in LOLCODE:

HAI1.2CAN HASSTDIO?VISIBLE"HAI WORLD!"KTHXBYE

Comments in LOLCODE are unique, no other language currently uses comments like LOLCODE does.

Single line comments in LOLCODE are written like so:

BTW This is a comment

TheBTW keyword is similar to theREM keyword in Batchfile. They both are for comments.

Multi-line comments in LOLCODE are written like so:

OBTWThis is a multi-linecomment in LOLCODETLDR

Multi-line comments start withOBTW and end withTLDR

break;

To this day, I am still not entirely sure what thebreak keyword does, but most languages support it.

I am not sure if LOLCODE supports thebreak keyword

/!\ This example has not been tested yet, and may not work

LOLCODE has version specific Shebang lines. Currently, I only know of 3 that exist.

A miscellaneous LOLCode shebang.

HAIBTW This is a LOLCODE programKTHXBYE

A version 1.0 LOLCODE Shebang.

HAI1.0BTW This is a LOLCODE 1.0 programKTHXBYE

A version 1.2 LOLCODE Shebang.

HAI1.2BTW This is a LOLCODE 1.0 programKTHXBYE

The end keyword is written asKTHXBYE it is to go at the end of a loop, or at the end of a program.

HAIBTW I am going to go nowKTHXBYE

LOLCODE supports error handling with theO NOES keyword. Error handling can be done like so:

HAI1.0CAN HASSTDIO?PLZOPENFILE"/dev/null/"AWSUM THXVISIBLEFILEO NOESINVISIBLE"ERROR!"KTHXBYE

LOLCODE supports standard input/output through the following keyword:

CAN HASSTDIO?

LOLCODE supports file I/O. To open a file, simply run this:

LOLCATS.txt

PLZ OPEN FILE"LOLCATS.TXT"?AWSUM THXVISIBLEFILEO NOESINVISIBLE"ERROR!"

Defining variables in LOLCODE can be done like so:

I HAS AVAR

Defining a loop in LOLCODE 1.0

HAI1.0IM IN YRLOOPUPVAR!!1VISIBLEVARIZVARBIGGER THAN10?KTHXIM OUTTA YRLOOPKTHXBYE

Defining a loop in LOLCODE 1.2

HAI1.2CAN HASSTDIO?IM IN YRLOOPUPPIN YRVARTILBOTH SAEMVARAN10VISIBLESUMOFVARAN1IM OUTTA YRLOOPKTHXBYE

1. LOLCODE is a language by [Unknown]

2. LOLCODE is not a semicolon and curly bracket language

3. LOLCODE uses the*.lol and*.lols file extensions

4. LOLCODE is an esotoric programming language

5. Currently, as of 2022 Wednesday July 27th, 1 variant of LOLCODE is turing complete

6. LOLCODE is influenced by the Lolcat series of Internet memes

7. LOLCODE is not one of the top 50 programming languages (as of 2022)

8. LOLCode is one of the top 50 esotoric programming languages (as of 2022)

9. No other knowledge of the LOLCODE programming language

1. LOLCODE is a fun language to write in. I would love to use it for serious purposes, but my usage will remain limited. Unfortunately, I cannot has supercomputer lolz.

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