Html html = Html {
    head = Head {
        title = "Ceylon: home page";
    };
    body = Body {
        H2 ( "Welcome to Ceylon, " name() "!" ),
        P ( "Now get started :)" )
    };
};

:= (assignment) operator

The right-associative, binary := operator is used to assign a value to a variable-annotated attribute or local variable.

Usage

variable Integer num := 1;
num := 2;

Description

You have to use := if you want to assign a value to a variable, attempting to use = will result in a compile error.

Definition

The := operator is primitive.

Polymorphism

The := operator is not polymorphic.

See also

• [variable] annotation doc coming soon (../../ceylon.language/variable)
• operator precedence in the language specification