1Parse.alternatives(3kaya)    Kaya module reference   Parse.alternatives(3kaya)
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NAME

6       Parse::alternatives - Parse a string using a set of parsers.
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SYNOPSIS

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

12       alts A list of parser functions
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14       st The current parsing state
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DESCRIPTION

17       Parse  a  string  using a set of parsers. The first one which parses is
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21    // Equivalent to
22    parser = alts[0] `or` alts[1] `or` alts[2]
23             `or` ... `or` alts[size(alts)-1];
24    parsed = parser(st);
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AUTHORS

27       Kaya  standard  library  by  Edwin  Brady,  Chris  Morris  and   others
28       (kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/
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LICENSE

31       The  Kaya  standard  library  is free software; you can redistribute it
32       and/or modify it under the terms  of  the  GNU  Lesser  General  Public
33       License  (version  2.1  or  any later version) as published by the Free
34       Software Foundation.
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RELATED

37       Parse.or (3kaya)
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41Kaya                             December 2010       Parse.alternatives(3kaya)