Hello World

The simplest Draft program that prints “Hello, world!” to the console.

Code

action main()
    write("Hello, world!")
fin action.

Run

draft run main.draft

Expected Output

Hello, world!

Explanation

• action main() defines the program entry point
• write(...) prints text to the console
• fin action closes the action block

Variations

Print multiple lines:

action main()
    write("Hello, Draft!")
    write("Native, fast, and simple.")
fin action.

Use variables:

action main()
    @greeting = "Hello, world!"
    write(greeting)
fin action.