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Parse.alternatives(3kaya) Kaya module reference Parse.alternatives(3kaya)

NAME

Parse::alternatives - Parse a string using a set of parsers.

SYNOPSIS

a alternatives( [Parser<a> ] alts, var ParseState st )

ARGUMENTS

alts A list of parser functions
st The current parsing state

DESCRIPTION

Parse a string using a set of parsers. The first one which parses is used.

// Equivalent to
parser = alts[0] `or` alts[1] `or` alts[2]
`or` ... `or` alts[size(alts)-1];
parsed = parser(st);

AUTHORS

Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others (kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/

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.

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August 2014 Kaya