# Hello World in Algae

printf("Hello World\n");

# fill(shape; values)
fill(3,4; 1,2,3,4)   # => 3x4 matrix filled (row-wise) with 1,2,3,4

diag(1,2,3) # 3x3 matix with 1,2,3 on the diagonal

# linspace(a; b; n)
linspace(1;10;100)  creates a vector with 100 elements from 1 to 10

# ident(n)
# creates the nxn identity matrix

# Note that functions can be applied to scalars as well as to vectors or matrices
squares = function(x)
{
  return x^2;
}

nums = 1:10:1;    # a vector containing elements from 1 to 10

print( squares(nums) );
# or ...
print( nums^2 );

for (i in 1:10) {
  printf("%d "; i^2);
}
printf("\n");