Groovy Basic Syntax

by Online Tutorials Library July 14, 2022

Basic syntax in groovy

The following are the conditions applied while writing the groovy program:

In groovy, it is not necessary to put a semicolon at the end of the statement like in java.

Example:

    package com.app    class Demo {    static void main(args) {  print (“Welcome to Tutor Aspire tutorial on Groovy… “)  }  }  

Output:

In groovy, we can print a line without using round brackets

Example:

  package com.app  class Demo {  static void main(args) {  print “Welcome to Tutor Aspire tutorial on Groovy… ”  }  }  

Output:

In groovy, double quotes as well as single quotes can be used in a string.

Example:

  package com.app  class Demo {  static void main(args) {  print ‘Welcome to Tutor Aspire tutorial on Groovy…’  }  }  

Output:

We can have a single line comment as well as a multi-line comment just like in java.

Example:

  package com.app  class Demo {  // this is a single line comment  /*  *   * this is a  * multi-line comment  */  static void main(args) {  print “Welcome to Tutor Aspire tutorial on Groovy… ”  }  }  

Output:

In Groovy, it is not necessary to have a class or the main function.

Example:

Output:

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