list-of ( items separator -- parser )

Vocabulary

parser-combinators

Inputs

items	a parser object
separator	a parser object

Outputs

parser

a parser object

Word description

Return a parser for parsing the repetition of things that are separated by a certain symbol. For example, comma separated lists. 'items' is a parser that can parse the individual elements. 'separator' is a parser for the symbol that separatest them. The result tree of the resulting parser is an array of the parsed elements.

USING: parser-combinators parser-combinators.simple prettyprint ; "1,2,3,4" integer-parser "," token list-of parse-1 .
{ 1 2 3 4 }

See also

list-of

Definition

IN: parser-combinators

: list-of ( items separator -- parser )
    nonempty-list-of { } succeed <|> ;