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Hello World
The classical introductory exercise. Just say "Hello, World!".
"Hello, World!" is the traditional first program for beginning programming in a new language or environment.
The objectives are simple:
- Write a function that returns the string "Hello, World!".
- Run the test suite and make sure that it succeeds.
- Submit your solution and check it at the website.
If everything goes well, you will be ready to fetch your first real exercise.
Getting Started
For installation and learning resources, refer to the exercism help page.
Installation
To work on the exercises, you will need Opam and Core. Consult opam website for instructions on how to install opam for your OS. Once opam is installed open a terminal window and run the following command to install core:
opam install core
To run the tests you will need OUnit. Install it using opam:
opam install ounit
Running Tests
A Makefile is provided with a default target to compile your solution and run the tests. At the command line, type:
make
Interactive Shell
utop is a command line program which allows you to run Ocaml code interactively. The easiest way to install it is via opam:
opam install utop
Consult utop for more detail.
Feedback, Issues, Pull Requests
The exercism/ocaml repository on GitHub is the home for all of the Ocaml exercises.
If you have feedback about an exercise, or want to help implementing a new one, head over there and create an issue. We'll do our best to help you!
Source
This is an exercise to introduce users to using Exercism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Hello,_world!%22_program
Submitting Incomplete Solutions
It's possible to submit an incomplete solution so you can see how others have completed the exercise.