Parse.alternatives(3kaya)

Parse.alternatives3kaya

Parse a string using a set of parsers.

Usage

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

Arguments

alts A list of parser functions

st The current parsing state

Overview

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);

Releases

4 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 5.0
  2. 6.0
  3. 7
  4. 8

Authors

Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others ([email protected]). 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.

From kaya 0.4.4-6.2 in Debian 8 (Jessie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.