parse-string ( -- str )

Vocabulary

strings.parser

Inputs

None

Outputs

str	a new string

Word description

Parses one or more lines until a quote ("), interpreting escape codes along the way.

Errors

Throws an error if the string contains an invalid escape sequence.

Notes

This word should only be called from parsing words.

Definition

USING: kernel lexer namespaces strings.parser.private ;

IN: strings.parser

: parse-string ( -- str )
    SBUF" " clone [ lexer get (parse-string) ] keep
    unescape-string ;