From 678a38d41ba21c260ee74e1dbc516c6f5fe7222d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Hurst <ark@mansus.space>
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2026 23:51:24 +0100
Subject: Add string interpolation

---
 internal/interpreter/interpreter.ha | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 test.ra                             |  5 +++++
 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/internal/interpreter/interpreter.ha b/internal/interpreter/interpreter.ha
index f4ff180..947dc8f 100644
--- a/internal/interpreter/interpreter.ha
+++ b/internal/interpreter/interpreter.ha
@@ -38,13 +38,43 @@ fn printinvoke(it: *interpreter, nodes: []parser::ast) (void | error) = {
 	fmt::errorfln("{}: {}", fname, args)!;
 };
 
+fn print(args: str...) void = {
+	for (let arg .. args) {
+		fmt::println(arg)!;
+	};
+};
+
 fn invoke(it: *interpreter, nodes: []parser::ast) (void | error) = {
 	const fname = nodes[0].value as parser::varname;
 	const arglist = nodes[1].value as parser::arglist;
+	
+	let sarglist: []str = [];
+	defer strings::freeall(sarglist);
+	for (let arg .. arglist) {
+		append(sarglist, replacevars(it, arg))!;
+	};
 
-	let cmd = exec::cmd(fname, arglist...)?;
-	let proc = exec::start(&cmd)?;
-	let status = exec::wait(&proc)?;
+	switch (fname) {
+	case "print" =>
+		print(sarglist...);
+	case =>
+		let cmd = exec::cmd(fname, sarglist...)?;
+		let proc = exec::start(&cmd)?;
+		let status = exec::wait(&proc)?;
+	};
+};
+
+fn replacevars(it: *interpreter, s: str) str = {
+	let repls: [](str, str) = [];
+	defer for (let repl .. repls) {
+		free(repl.0);
+	};
+	for (let var .. it.vars) {
+		let v = fmt::asprintf("${{{}}}", var.0)!;
+		append(repls, (v, var.1))!;
+	};
+	let sa = strings::multireplace(s, repls...)!;
+	return sa;
 };
 
 fn assign(it: *interpreter, nodes: []parser::ast) (void | error) = {
diff --git a/test.ra b/test.ra
index de49f3d..01eaee0 100644
--- a/test.ra
+++ b/test.ra
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 a=2 1 + 6 *
 b=3 5 *
+
 ls()
+print("hello world!")
+print("(2 + 1) * 6 = ${a}")
+print("3 * 5 = ${b}")
+mpv("--shuffle", "/home/juju/vids/Simpsons")
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