Pine Script syntax rules

Question 1

What are the Case Sensitivity rules on Pine Script?

Answer 1

Always use the correct casing for functions, variables, and keywords.

Question 2

What are the Whitespace rules on Pine Script?

Answer 2

You should not have whitespace (spaces and line breaks) within variable names, functions, and operators.

Question 3

What are the Comments rules on Pine Script?

Answer 3

Comments are ignored by the script interpreter and are meant to add explanations to your code.

// This is a single-line comment

Question 4

What are Statements and Expressions on Pine Script?

Answer 4

Pine Script is built on statements and expressions.

• Statements are complete lines of code that perform actions.
  // Statement
  variable = 10
• Expressions are combinations of variables and operators that return a value.
  // Expression
  result = variable + 5

Question 5

What are Variable Declarations on Pine Script?

Answer 5

Variables are declared using the var keyword, followed by the variable name and an optional initial value.

var myVariable = 5 or myVariable = 5

Question 6

What are Function Calls?

Answer 6

Functions are called by their name followed by parentheses () containing any required arguments. Arguments are separated by commas.

plot(close, title=”Close Price”)

Question 7

What are Operators?

Answer 7

Pine Script uses common operators like +, -, *, /, ==, !=, >, <, >=, and <= for arithmetic and comparison operations.

a = 10
b = 5
result = a + b

Question 8

What are Strings?

Answer 8

String literals are enclosed in double quotes (“ “).

myString = “Hello, Pine Script!”

Question 9

What are the rules for Indents and Newlines?

Answer 9

It’s a good practice to indent code blocks for readability.

// Indent for readability
if (condition)
doSomething()