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.
RELATED
- Parse.or (3kaya)