overview.txt

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id: overview
title: Overview
sidebar_label: Move
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Move is a next generation language for secure asset programming. Its primary use case is in
blockchain environments, where Move programs are used to construct state changes. Move allows
developers to write programs that flexibly manage and transfer assets, while providing the security
and protections against attacks on those assets.

### Start Here

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### Primitive Types

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    overlay="address is a built-in type in Move that is used to represent locations in storage"
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    overlay="vector<T> is the only primitive collection type provided by Move"
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    overlay="In order to support multiple return values, Move has tuple-like expressions. We can consider unit() to be an empty tuple"
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### Basic Concepts

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    title="Abort & Assert"
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    icon="img/conditionals.svg"
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    icon="img/loops.svg"
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    overlay="Move offers two constructs for looping: while and loop"
    title="While and Loop"
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    icon="img/functions.svg"
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    overlay="Function syntax in Move is shared between module functions and script functions"
    title="Functions"
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    icon="img/structs.svg"
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    overlay="A struct is a user-defined data structure containing typed fields."
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    icon="img/constants.svg"
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    overlay="Constants are a way of giving a name to shared, static values inside of a module or script"
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    icon="img/generics.svg"
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    overlay="Generics can be used to define functions and structs over different input data types"
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    overlay="Move supports two equality operations == and !="
    title="Equality"
    to="/docs/move/move-equality"
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    overlay="The use syntax can be used to create aliases to members in other modules"
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### Reference

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