Structure

• setup()
• loop()

Control Structures

• if
• if…else
• for
• switch case
• while
• do… while
• break
• continue
• return
• goto

Further Syntax

• ; (semicolon)
• {} (curly braces)
• // (single line comment)
• /* */ (multi-line comment)
• #define
• #include

Arithmetic Operators

• = (assignment operator)
• +  (addition)
• – (subtraction)
• * (multiplication)
• / (division)
• % (modulo)

Comparison Operators

• == (equal to)
• != (not equal to)
• < (less than)
• > (greater than)
• <= (less than or equal to)
• >= (greater than or equal to)

Boolean Operators

• && (and)
• || (or)
• ! (not)

Pointer Access Operators

• * dereference operator
• & reference operator

Bitwise Operators

• & (bitwise and)
• | (bitwise or)
• ^ (bitwise xor)
• ~ (bitwise not)
• << (bitshift left)
• >> (bitshift right)

Compound Operators

• ++ (increment)
• — (decrement)
• += (compound addition)
• -= (compound subtraction)
• *= (compound multiplication)
• /= (compound division)
• &= (compound bitwise and)
• |= (compound bitwise or)

Variables

Constants

• HIGH | LOW
• INPUT | OUTPUT|INPUT_PULLUP
• true | false
• integer constants
• floating point constants

Data Types

• void
• boolean
• char
• unsigned char
• byte
• int
• unsigned int
• word
• long
• unsigned long
• short
• float
• double
• string – char array
• String – object
• array

Conversion

• char()
• byte()
• int()
• word()
• long()
• float()

Variable Scope & Qualifiers

• variable scope
• static
• volatile
• const

Utilities

• sizeof()

Functions

Digital I/O

• pinMode()
• digitalWrite()
• digitalRead()

Analog I/O

• analogReference()
• analogRead()
• analogWrite() – PWM

Due only

• analogReadResolution()
• analogWriteResolution()

Advanced I/O

• tone()
• noTone()
• shiftOut()
• shiftIn()
• pulseIn()

Time

• millis()
• micros()
• delay()
• delayMicroseconds()

Math

• min()
• max()
• abs()
• constrain()
• map()
• pow()
• sqrt()

Trigonometry

• sin()
• cos()
• tan()

Random Numbers

• randomSeed()
• random()

Bits and Bytes

• lowByte()
• highByte()
• bitRead()
• bitWrite()
• bitSet()
• bitClear()
• bit()

External Interrupts

• attachInterrupt()
• detachInterrupt()

Interrupts

• interrupts()
• noInterrupts()

Communication

• Serial
• Stream

USB (Leonardo and Due only)

• Keyboard
• Mouse

Looking for something else?

See the libraries page for interfacing with particular types of hardware. Try the list of community-contributed code. The Arduino language is based on C/C++. It links against AVR Libc and allows the use of any of its functions; see its user manual for details.