Code-blocks

Multiple lines must be put inside a code-block enclosed in braces as in:

{
   val out = OUTPUTS(0)
   val in = INPUTS(0)
   in.value == out.value
}

Note that arrays in Scala are accessed using round parentheses, not square brackets like in Java or Python. Thus, OUTPUTS(0) refers to the first element of the OUTPUTS array. As in Scala, the last line of a block is the returned value of that block. In the above example, the value returned is the boolean predicate in.value == out.value.

The above script, corresponding to the address 2EUTBShk4TbLWJNwGpkVYh8dAPqbrfvb3p, allows anyone to spend the corresponding box provided that the first input and first output of the transaction have the same value.

Observe that we used the val keyword to define intermediate variables. As in Scala, a val defines an immutable object. Therefore, the following snippet is invalid:

 ...
 val out = OUTPUTS(0)        // define an immutable value and set it to the first output.  
 out = OUTPUTS(1)            // cannot reassign a val (will give error)
 ...

Unlike Scala, ErgoScript does not support the var keyword, and thus everything is immutable.

See below how to use lambda syntax to emulate mutable variables.

Multiple blocks can be joined as in:

{
  INPUTS(0).id == SELF.id
} || {
  INPUTS(0).value == 100000 
}