Parse::alternatives(3) 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 ([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.

RELATED

Parse.or(3kaya)