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# Documenting Unison code
```ucm:hide
scratch/main> builtins.merge
scratch/main> builtins.merge lib.builtins
```
Unison documentation is written in Unison. Documentation is a value of the following type:
```ucm
scratch/main builtin> view Doc
scratch/main> view lib.builtins.Doc
```
You can create these `Doc` values with ordinary code, or you can use the special syntax. A value of structural type `Doc` can be created via syntax like:
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```
```ucm
scratch/main builtin> add
scratch/main> add
```
And now let's write our docs and reference these examples:
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Let's add it to the codebase.
```ucm
scratch/main builtin> add
scratch/main> add
```
We can view it with `docs`, which shows the `Doc` value that is associated with a definition.
```ucm
scratch/main builtin> docs List.take
scratch/main> docs List.take
```
Note that if we view the source of the documentation, the various references are *not* expanded.
```ucm
scratch/main builtin> view List.take
scratch/main> view List.take
```

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Unison documentation is written in Unison. Documentation is a value of the following type:
```ucm
☝️ The namespace .builtin is empty.
scratch/main> view lib.builtins.Doc
.builtin> view Doc
⚠️
The following names were not found in the codebase. Check your spelling.
Doc
type lib.builtins.Doc
= Blob Text
| Link Link
| Source Link
| Signature Term
| Evaluate Term
| Join [lib.builtins.Doc]
```
You can create these `Doc` values with ordinary code, or you can use the special syntax. A value of structural type `Doc` can be created via syntax like:
```unison
doc1 = [: This is some documentation.
It can span multiple lines.
🛑
Can link to definitions like @List.drop or @List
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:]
```
```ucm
⚠️
Loading changes detected in scratch.u.
I found and typechecked these definitions in scratch.u. If you
do an `add` or `update`, here's how your codebase would
change:
The following names were not found in the codebase. Check your spelling.
Doc
⍟ These new definitions are ok to `add`:
doc1 : Doc
```
Syntax:
`[:` starts a documentation block; `:]` finishes it. Within the block:
* Links to definitions are done with `@List`. `\@` (and `\:]`) if you want to escape.
* `@[signature] List.take` expands to the type signature of `List.take`
* `@[source] List.map` expands to the full source of `List.map`
* `@[include] someOtherDoc`, inserts a value `someOtherDoc : Doc` here.
* `@[evaluate] someDefinition` expands to the result of evaluating `someDefinition`, which must be a pre-existing definition in the codebase (can't be an arbitrary expression).
### An example
We are going to document `List.take` using some verbiage and a few examples. First we have to add the examples to the codebase:
```unison
List.take.ex1 = take 0 [1,2,3,4,5]
List.take.ex2 = take 2 [1,2,3,4,5]
```
```ucm
Loading changes detected in scratch.u.
I found and typechecked these definitions in scratch.u. If you
do an `add` or `update`, here's how your codebase would
change:
⍟ These new definitions are ok to `add`:
List.take.ex1 : [Nat]
List.take.ex2 : [Nat]
```
```ucm
scratch/main> add
⍟ I've added these definitions:
List.take.ex1 : [Nat]
List.take.ex2 : [Nat]
```
And now let's write our docs and reference these examples:
```unison
List.take.doc = [:
`@List.take n xs` returns the first `n` elements of `xs`. (No need to add line breaks manually. The display command will do wrapping of text for you. Indent any lines where you don't want it to do this.)
## Examples:
@[source] List.take.ex1
🔽
@List.take.ex1 = @[evaluate] List.take.ex1
@[source] List.take.ex2
🔽
@List.take.ex2 = @[evaluate] List.take.ex2
:]
```
```ucm
Loading changes detected in scratch.u.
I found and typechecked these definitions in scratch.u. If you
do an `add` or `update`, here's how your codebase would
change:
⍟ These new definitions are ok to `add`:
List.take.doc : Doc
```
Let's add it to the codebase.
```ucm
scratch/main> add
⍟ I've added these definitions:
List.take.doc : Doc
```
We can view it with `docs`, which shows the `Doc` value that is associated with a definition.
```ucm
scratch/main> docs List.take
`List.take n xs` returns the first `n` elements of `xs`. (No
need to add line breaks manually. The display command will do
wrapping of text for you. Indent any lines where you don't
want it to do this.)
## Examples:
List.take.ex1 : [Nat]
List.take.ex1 = List.take 0 [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
🔽
ex1 = []
List.take.ex2 : [Nat]
List.take.ex2 = List.take 2 [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
🔽
ex2 = [1, 2]
```
Note that if we view the source of the documentation, the various references are *not* expanded.
```ucm
scratch/main> view List.take
builtin lib.builtins.List.take :
lib.builtins.Nat -> [a] -> [a]
```