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.TH "Parse.alternatives" "3kaya" "August 2014" "Kaya" "Kaya module reference"
.SH "NAME"
Parse::alternatives \- Parse a string using a set of parsers.
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B a alternatives(
\fI[Parser<a> ] alts, var ParseState st\fP
.B ")"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
.B "alts"
A list of parser functions
.PP
.B "st"
The current parsing state
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Parse a string using a set of parsers. The first one which parses is used.
.IP "" -4
 // Equivalent to
 parser = alts[0] `or` alts[1] `or` alts[2] 
          `or` ... `or` alts[size(alts)-1];
 parsed = parser(st);
.SH "AUTHORS"
Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others (kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/
.SH LICENSE
The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later version) as published by the Free Software Foundation.
.SH "RELATED"
.PD 0
.PP
.B "Parse.or"(3kaya)
.PD 0.4v