Zig by Example

Zig by Example

Zig is a general-purpose programming language and toolchain for maintaining robust, optimal and reusable software. Please read the official documentation to learn more.

Zig by Example is a hands-on introduction to Zig using annotated example programs.

The examples are written for version 0.16. Check which version you’re using if something isn’t working.

Getting Started

Hello, World!

Formatted Output

Unit Tests

Basic Types

Variables

Illegal Behavior

Build Modes

Basic Types

Integers

Integer Operators

Floating-point Numbers

Functions and Errors

Functions

Errors

Assertions

Control Flow

If Statements

Switch Statements

While Loops

For Loops

Blocks

Defer

Errdefer

Compound Types

Arrays

Slices

Pointers

Optionals

Structs

Tuples

Enums

Unions

Tagged Unions

Standard Library

Allocators

ArrayList

AutoHashMap

StringHashMap

HashMap

Sorting

Random

Command-line Programs

Arguments

Environment Variables

Exit Status

Async/Await and I/O

Async

Io Implementations

Queue

File System

Text I/O

Binary I/O

Comptime

Comptime

Precomputed Data

Generic Functions

Generic Types

Reflection

Zig Tooling

Build System

Zig and C

Using C

C Types

Time and Date

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