Zig Hello
Zig hello-world for Zig language-server and highlighter tests.
const std = @import("std");
pub fn main() void {
std.debug.print("Hello, world!\n", .{});
}
Specifications
- Language
- zig
- Role
- idiomatic sample
- Line Endings
- LF
What is a .zig file?
Zig (.zig) is a plain-text source file for the Zig systems language — a C alternative focused on simplicity, manual memory control, and comptime metaprogramming.
How to use this file
Use an example .zig file to test Zig formatters (zig fmt), compilers, syntax highlighters, and parser tooling.
How to use this file for testing
“Zig Hello” is a deterministic Novus Examples fixture for Syntax highlighting, Code parsing, Editor testing. Idiomatic hello-world programs and realistic snippets across sixteen languages, exercising comments, string escapes, interpolation, numeric literals, and language keywords — for testing syntax highlighters, editor themes, and tree-sitter grammars.
Documented properties for this file: idiomatic sample · zig · LF. Compare results against paired or grouped companions on this page when present (clean↔damaged, searchable↔scanned, or format twins) so scores stay reproducible across runs.
Download the file once, keep the path stable in CI or local scripts, and treat the spec table as the contract: dimensions, seeds, field lists, and roles are intentional. Corrupt or invalid samples are labelled as such — expect parsers to fail loudly rather than silently accept them.
This is a short, known-correct source file. Run it through your syntax highlighter, linter, formatter, tree-sitter grammar, or parser, and open it in the in-browser editor to tweak and re-download. Each snippet exercises comments, string escapes, literals, and language keywords.
Code examples
zig run hello.zigRelated files
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