nexoral · AnkanSaha · Feb 21, 2026 · Feb 21, 2026 · Feb 21, 2026 · Feb 21, 2026
diff --git a/Documentation/app/docs/functions/page.tsx b/Documentation/app/docs/functions/page.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,48 @@ export default function Functions() {
         or &quot;task&quot;). Functions are first-class values and support closures.
       </p>
 
+      <h2>New Utility Methods</h2>
+
+      <p>
+        BanglaCode now includes additional JavaScript-style helpers for arrays, strings, number parsing,
+        and URI encoding.
+      </p>
+
+      <CodeBlock
+        code={`// Array search helpers
+dhoro first = khojo_prothom([1, 3, 8, 10], kaj(x) { ferao x > 5; });      // 8
+dhoro idx = khojo_index([1, 3, 8, 10], kaj(x) { ferao x > 5; });           // 2
+dhoro last = khojo_shesh([1, 3, 8, 10], kaj(x) { ferao x % 2 == 0; });     // 10
+
+// String helpers
+ache_text("banglacode", "code");        // sotti
+shuru_diye("banglacode", "bang");       // sotti
+shesh_diye("banglacode", "code");       // sotti
+baro("ha", 3);                          // "hahaha"
+text_at("bangla", -1);                  // "a"
+
+// Number + URI helpers
+purno_sonkhya("42");                    // 42
+doshomik_sonkhya("3.14abc");            // 3.14
+sonkhya_na("abc");                      // sotti
+uri_ongsho_encode("hello world");       // "hello%20world"
+
+// Date + Regex helpers
+dhoro ts = tarikh_ekhon();
+tarikh_format(ts, "2006-01-02");
+regex_test("[a-z]+", "bangla");         // sotti
+regex_search("la", "bangla");           // 4
+
+// Object helpers
+nijer_ache({a: 1}, "a");                // sotti
+jora_theke([["x", 10], ["y", 20]]);     // {x: 10, y: 20}
+ekoi_ki(1, 1);                           // sotti
+
+// Timers
+dhoro id = setInterval(kaj() { dekho("tick"); }, 1000);
+clearInterval(id);`}
+      />
+
       <h2>Defining Functions</h2>
 
       <p>

diff --git a/Documentation/app/docs/syntax/page.tsx b/Documentation/app/docs/syntax/page.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,13 @@ export default function Syntax() {
               { k: "dhoro", m: "hold/var", e: "var/let" },
               { k: "jodi", m: "if", e: "if" },
               { k: "nahole", m: "else", e: "else" },
+              { k: "jotokkhon", m: "while", e: "while" },
+              { k: "do", m: "do once then loop", e: "do...while" },
               { k: "ghuriye", m: "loop", e: "for" },
+              { k: "of", m: "iterate values", e: "of" },
+              { k: "in", m: "property/index check", e: "in" },
+              { k: "instanceof", m: "instance check", e: "instanceof" },
+              { k: "delete", m: "delete key/index", e: "delete" },
               { k: "kaj", m: "work", e: "function" },
               { k: "ferao", m: "return", e: "return" },
               { k: "dekho", m: "see/print", e: "print" },
@@ -47,6 +53,18 @@ export default function Syntax() {
         dhoro isStudent = sotti; <span className="text-muted-foreground">// true</span>
       </div>
 
+      <h2>New Core Syntax</h2>
+      <div className="bg-secondary/50 p-4 rounded-lg font-mono text-sm border border-border">
+        do {"{"}<br />
+        &nbsp;&nbsp;dekho("run once");<br />
+        {"}"} jotokkhon (mittha);<br /><br />
+        dhoro obj = {"{"}a: 1{"}"};<br />
+        dekho("a" in obj);<br />
+        delete obj.a;<br /><br />
+        dhoro double = x =&gt; x * 2;<br />
+        dhoro [a, b] = [10, 20];
+      </div>
+
       <div className="pt-8">
         <Link
           href="/docs/control-flow"

diff --git a/Documentation/package.json b/Documentation/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "documentation",
-  "version": "7.1.0",
+  "version": "8.0.0",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "next dev --turbopack",

diff --git a/Extension/package.json b/Extension/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "banglacode",
   "displayName": "BanglaCode",
   "description": "Language support for BanglaCode (.bang, .bangla, .bong) - Bengali Programming Language created by Ankan from West Bengal, India",
-  "version": "7.1.0",
+  "version": "8.0.0",
   "publisher": "AnkanSaha",
   "author": {
     "name": "AnkanSaha"

diff --git a/Extension/snippets/banglacode.json b/Extension/snippets/banglacode.json
@@ -1351,5 +1351,173 @@
       "$0"
     ],
     "description": "Complete .env usage example"
+  },
+  "Array Find First": {
+    "prefix": "khojo-prothom",
+    "body": [
+      "dhoro ${1:item} = khojo_prothom(${2:arr}, kaj(${3:x}) {",
+      "\tferao ${3:x} > ${4:0};",
+      "});",
+      "$0"
+    ],
+    "description": "Find first matching element in array"
+  },
+  "Array FlatMap": {
+    "prefix": "somtol-manchitro",
+    "body": [
+      "dhoro ${1:result} = somtol_manchitro(${2:arr}, kaj(${3:x}) {",
+      "\tferao [${3:x}, ${3:x} * ${4:2}];",
+      "});",
+      "$0"
+    ],
+    "description": "Map then flatten one level"
+  },
+  "String Includes": {
+    "prefix": "ache-text",
+    "body": [
+      "jodi (ache_text(${1:text}, ${2:query})) {",
+      "\t${3:// found}",
+      "}",
+      "$0"
+    ],
+    "description": "Check if string contains substring"
+  },
+  "Parse Int": {
+    "prefix": "purno-sonkhya",
+    "body": [
+      "dhoro ${1:value} = purno_sonkhya(${2:text});",
+      "$0"
+    ],
+    "description": "Parse integer from string"
+  },
+  "URI Encode Component": {
+    "prefix": "uri-encode",
+    "body": [
+      "dhoro ${1:encoded} = uri_ongsho_encode(${2:text});",
+      "$0"
+    ],
+    "description": "Encode URI component"
+  },
+  "Do-While Loop": {
+    "prefix": "do-jotokkhon",
+    "body": [
+      "do {",
+      "\t${1:// code}",
+      "} jotokkhon (${2:condition});",
+      "$0"
+    ],
+    "description": "Do-while loop"
+  },
+  "Delete Property": {
+    "prefix": "delete",
+    "body": [
+      "delete ${1:obj}.${2:prop};",
+      "$0"
+    ],
+    "description": "Delete object property"
+  },
+  "Array Flat": {
+    "prefix": "somtol",
+    "body": [
+      "dhoro ${1:flat} = somtol(${2:arr}, ${3:1});",
+      "$0"
+    ],
+    "description": "Flatten nested array"
+  },
+  "String Compare": {
+    "prefix": "tulona-text",
+    "body": [
+      "dhoro ${1:cmp} = tulona_text(${2:left}, ${3:right});",
+      "$0"
+    ],
+    "description": "Compare two strings"
+  },
+  "Arrow Function": {
+    "prefix": "arrow",
+    "body": [
+      "dhoro ${1:fn} = ${2:x} => ${3:x};",
+      "$0"
+    ],
+    "description": "Arrow function with implicit return"
+  },
+  "For Of Loop": {
+    "prefix": "for-of",
+    "body": [
+      "ghuriye (${1:item} of ${2:array}) {",
+      "\t${3:// code}",
+      "}",
+      "$0"
+    ],
+    "description": "for...of loop"
+  },
+  "For In Loop": {
+    "prefix": "for-in",
+    "body": [
+      "ghuriye (${1:key} in ${2:obj}) {",
+      "\t${3:// code}",
+      "}",
+      "$0"
+    ],
+    "description": "for...in loop"
+  },
+  "Date Now": {
+    "prefix": "date-now",
+    "body": [
+      "dhoro ${1:ts} = tarikh_ekhon();",
+      "$0"
+    ],
+    "description": "Current timestamp in milliseconds"
+  },
+  "Regex Test": {
+    "prefix": "regex-test",
+    "body": [
+      "dhoro ${1:ok} = regex_test(\"${2:pattern}\", ${3:text});",
+      "$0"
+    ],
+    "description": "Regex test against text"
+  },
+  "Object HasOwn": {
+    "prefix": "nijer-ache",
+    "body": [
+      "dhoro ${1:has} = nijer_ache(${2:obj}, ${3:\"key\"});",
+      "$0"
+    ],
+    "description": "Check own property existence on map"
+  },
+  "Array Destructuring": {
+    "prefix": "dhoro-array",
+    "body": [
+      "dhoro [${1:a}, ${2:b}] = ${3:arr};",
+      "$0"
+    ],
+    "description": "Array destructuring declaration"
+  },
+  "Object Destructuring": {
+    "prefix": "dhoro-obj",
+    "body": [
+      "dhoro {${1:x}, ${2:y}} = ${3:obj};",
+      "$0"
+    ],
+    "description": "Object destructuring declaration"
+  },
+  "Set Timeout": {
+    "prefix": "set-timeout",
+    "body": [
+      "setTimeout(kaj() {",
+      "\t${1:// callback}",
+      "}, ${2:1000});",
+      "$0"
+    ],
+    "description": "Schedule callback once"
+  },
+  "Set Interval": {
+    "prefix": "set-interval",
+    "body": [
+      "dhoro ${1:id} = setInterval(kaj() {",
+      "\t${2:// repeated callback}",
+      "}, ${3:1000});",
+      "$0"
+    ],
+    "description": "Schedule repeated callback"
   }
 }
diff --git a/Extension/syntaxes/banglacode.tmLanguage.json b/Extension/syntaxes/banglacode.tmLanguage.json
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
         },
         {
           "name": "keyword.control.loop.js",
-          "match": "\\b(jotokkhon|ghuriye|thamo|chharo)\\b"
+          "match": "\\b(jotokkhon|ghuriye|thamo|chharo|do)\\b"
         },
         {
           "name": "storage.type.function.js",
@@ -163,6 +163,10 @@
           "name": "keyword.operator.logical.js",
           "match": "\\b(ebong|ba|na)\\b"
         },
+        {
+          "name": "keyword.operator.js",
+          "match": "\\b(in|of|instanceof|delete)\\b"
+        },
         {
           "name": "keyword.control.switch.js",
           "match": "\\b(bikolpo|khetre|manchito)\\b"
@@ -177,7 +181,7 @@
         },
         {
           "name": "keyword.control.loop.js",
-          "match": "\\b(jotokkhon|ghuriye|thamo|chharo)\\b"
+          "match": "\\b(jotokkhon|ghuriye|thamo|chharo|do)\\b"
         },
         {
           "name": "keyword.control.trycatch.js",
@@ -206,6 +210,10 @@
         {
           "name": "keyword.operator.assignment.js",
           "match": "="
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "keyword.operator.arrow.js",
+          "match": "=>"
         }
       ]
     },
@@ -219,18 +227,34 @@
           "name": "support.function.js",
           "match": "\\b(dhoron|lipi|sonkha|dorghyo)\\b"
         },
+        {
+          "name": "support.function.js",
+          "match": "\\b(purno_sonkhya|doshomik_sonkhya|sonkhya_na|sonkhya_shimito|uri_encode|uri_decode|uri_ongsho_encode|uri_ongsho_decode)\\b"
+        },
+        {
+          "name": "support.function.js",
+          "match": "\\b(tarikh_ekhon|tarikh_parse|tarikh_format|regex_test|regex_match|regex_match_all|regex_search|regex_replace|match|matchAll|search)\\b"
+        },
         {
           "name": "support.function.array.js",
           "match": "\\b(manchitro|chhanno|sonkuchito|proti)\\b"
         },
+        {
+          "name": "support.function.array.js",
+          "match": "\\b(khojo_prothom|khojo_index|khojo_shesh|khojo_shesh_index|prottek|kono|somtol_manchitro|array_at|shesh_index_of|joro_array|somtol|sonkuchito_dan)\\b"
+        },
         {
           "name": "support.function.object.js",
-          "match": "\\b(maan|jora|mishra)\\b"
+          "match": "\\b(maan|jora|mishra|nijer_ache|jora_theke|ekoi_ki|notun_map|joma)\\b"
         },
         {
           "name": "support.function.js",
           "match": "\\b(boroHater|chotoHater|chhanto|bhag|joro|khojo|angsho|bodlo)\\b"
         },
+        {
+          "name": "support.function.js",
+          "match": "\\b(ache_text|shuru_diye|shesh_diye|baro|agey_bhoro|pichoney_bhoro|okkhor|text_at|okkhor_code|codepoint_at|tulona_text|shadharon_text|chhanto_shuru|chhanto_shesh|shesh_khojo)\\b"
+        },
         {
           "name": "support.function.js",
           "match": "\\b(dhokao|berKoro|kato|ulto|saja|ache|chabi)\\b"
@@ -241,7 +265,7 @@
         },
         {
           "name": "support.function.js",
-          "match": "\\b(somoy|ghum|nao|bondho|poro|lekho)\\b"
+          "match": "\\b(somoy|ghum|nao|bondho|poro|lekho|setTimeout|setInterval|clearTimeout|clearInterval)\\b"
         },
         {
           "name": "support.function.js",