Accessing V programming using a REPL

REPL stands for read-eval-print loop. Many popular programming languages in addition to V, such as Python, PHP, Rust, and R, to name a few, have a REPL.

As we have installed V and added V to the Environment Variables window, we can access V's REPL by running the following command from the command-line Terminal:

v

You should see the following result when you successfully enter the command into V's REPL:

Welcome to the V REPL (for help with V itself, type 'exit', then run 'v help').
V 0.2.4 d373eba
Use Ctrl-C or 'exit' to exit, or 'help' to see other available commands
>>>

Alternatively, you can type v repl into Command Prompt and hit Enter. Pay attention to the three forward arrows, >>>, which indicate the terminal that takes V commands. To begin, let's print a string in a new line by running the following V code, as follows:

>>> println('Hello...