combinator

parsley.combinator$
object combinator

This module contains a huge number of pre-made combinators that are very useful for a variety of purposes.

In particular, it contains combinators for: performing a parser iteratively, collecting all the results; querying whether or not any input is left; optionally performing parsers; parsing delimited constructions; handling multiple possible alternatives or parsers to sequence; handling more complex conditional execution; and more.

Attributes

Since:

2.2.0

Source:
combinator.scala
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Iterative Combinators

These combinators all execute a given parser an unbounded number of times, until either it fails, or another parser succeeds, depending on the combinator. Depending on the combinator, all of the results produced by the repeated execution of the parser may be returned in a List. These are almost essential for any practical parsing task.

def many[A](p: Parsley[A]): Parsley[List[A]]

This combinator repeatedly parses a given parser zero or more times, collecting the results into a list.

This combinator repeatedly parses a given parser zero or more times, collecting the results into a list.

Parses a given parser, p, repeatedly until it fails. If p failed having consumed input, this combinator fails. Otherwise when p fails without consuming input, this combinator will return all of the results, x1 through xn (with n >= 0), in a list: List(x1, .., xn). If p was never successful, the empty list is returned.

Attributes

p

the parser to execute multiple times.

Returns:

a parser that parses p until it fails, returning the list of all the successful results.

Since:

2.2.0

Example:

scala> import parsley.character.string
scala> import parsley.combinator.many
scala> val p = many(string("ab"))
scala> p.parse("")
val res0 = Success(Nil)
scala> p.parse("ab")
val res1 = Success(List("ab"))
scala> p.parse("abababab")
val res2 = Success(List("ab", "ab", "ab", "ab"))
scala> p.parse("aba")
val res3 = Failure(..)
Source:
combinator.scala
def manyN[A](n: Int, p: Parsley[A]): Parsley[List[A]]

This combinator repeatedly parses a given parser n or more times, collecting the results into a list.

This combinator repeatedly parses a given parser n or more times, collecting the results into a list.

Parses a given parser, p, repeatedly until it fails. If p failed having consumed input, this combinator fails. Otherwise when p fails without consuming input, this combinator will return all of the results, x1 through xm (with m >= n), in a list: List(x1, .., xm). If p was not successful at least n times, this combinator fails.

Attributes

n

the minimum number of ps required.

p

the parser to execute multiple times.

Returns:

a parser that parses p until it fails, returning the list of all the successful results.

Note:

many(p) == many(0, p) and some(p) == many(1, p).

Example:

scala> import parsley.character.string
scala> import parsley.combinator.manyN
scala> val p = manyN(2, string("ab"))
scala> p.parse("")
val res0 = Failure(..)
scala> p.parse("ab")
val res1 = Failure(..)
scala> p.parse("abababab")
val res2 = Success(List("ab", "ab", "ab", "ab"))
scala> p.parse("aba")
val res3 = Failure(..)
Source:
combinator.scala
def manyUntil[A](p: Parsley[A], end: Parsley[_]): Parsley[List[A]]

This combinator repeatedly parses a given parser zero or more times, until the end parser succeeds, collecting the results into a list.

This combinator repeatedly parses a given parser zero or more times, until the end parser succeeds, collecting the results into a list.

First tries to parse end, if it fails without consuming input, then parses p, which must succeed. This repeats until end succeeds. When end does succeed, this combinator will return all of the results generated by p, x1 through xn (with n >= 0), in a list: List(x1, .., xn). If end could be parsed immediately, the empty list is returned.

Attributes

end

the parser that stops the parsing of p.

p

the parser to execute multiple times.

Returns:

a parser that parses p until end succeeds, returning the list of all the successful results.

Example:

This can be useful for scanning comments:

scala> import parsley.character.{string, item, endOfLine}
scala> import parsley.combinator.many
scala> val comment = string("//") *> manyUntil(item, endOfLine)
scala> p.parse("//hello world")
val res0 = Failure(..)
scala> p.parse("//hello world\n")
val res1 = Success(List('h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o', ' ', 'w', 'o', 'r', 'l', 'd'))
scala> p.parse("//\n")
val res2 = Success(Nil)
Source:
combinator.scala

This combinator repeatedly parses a given parser zero or more times, ignoring the results.

This combinator repeatedly parses a given parser zero or more times, ignoring the results.

Parses a given parser, p, repeatedly until it fails. If p failed having consumed input, this combinator fails. Otherwise when p fails without consuming input, this combinator will succeed.

Attributes

p

the parser to execute multiple times.

Returns:

a parser that parses p until it fails, returning unit.

Since:

2.2.0

Example:

scala> import parsley.character.string
scala> import parsley.combinator.skipMany
scala> val p = skipMany(string("ab"))
scala> p.parse("")
val res0 = Success(())
scala> p.parse("ab")
val res1 = Success(())
scala> p.parse("abababab")
val res2 = Success(())
scala> p.parse("aba")
val res3 = Failure(..)
Source:
combinator.scala
def skipManyN(n: Int, p: Parsley[_]): Parsley[Unit]

This combinator repeatedly parses a given parser n or more times, ignoring the results.

This combinator repeatedly parses a given parser n or more times, ignoring the results.

Parses a given parser, p, repeatedly until it fails. If p failed having consumed input, this combinator fails. Otherwise when p fails without consuming input, this combinator will succeed. The parser p must succeed at least n times.

Attributes

p

the parser to execute multiple times.

Returns:

a parser that parses p until it fails, returning unit.

Example:

scala> import parsley.character.string
scala> import parsley.combinator.skipManyN
scala> val p = skipManyN(2, string("ab"))
scala> p.parse("")
val res0 = Failure(..)
scala> p.parse("ab")
val res1 = Failure(..)
scala> p.parse("abababab")
val res2 = Success(())
scala> p.parse("aba")
val res3 = Failure(..)
Source:
combinator.scala

This combinator repeatedly parses a given parser one or more times, ignoring the results.

This combinator repeatedly parses a given parser one or more times, ignoring the results.

Parses a given parser, p, repeatedly until it fails. If p failed having consumed input, this combinator fails. Otherwise when p fails without consuming input, this combinator will succeed. The parser p must succeed at least once.

Attributes

p

the parser to execute multiple times.

Returns:

a parser that parses p until it fails, returning unit.

Example:

scala> import parsley.character.string
scala> import parsley.combinator.skipSome
scala> val p = skipSome(string("ab"))
scala> p.parse("")
val res0 = Failure(..)
scala> p.parse("ab")
val res1 = Success(())
scala> p.parse("abababab")
val res2 = Success(())
scala> p.parse("aba")
val res3 = Failure(..)
Source:
combinator.scala
def some[A](p: Parsley[A]): Parsley[List[A]]

This combinator repeatedly parses a given parser one or more times, collecting the results into a list.

This combinator repeatedly parses a given parser one or more times, collecting the results into a list.

Parses a given parser, p, repeatedly until it fails. If p failed having consumed input, this combinator fails. Otherwise when p fails without consuming input, this combinator will return all of the results, x1 through xn (with n >= 1), in a list: List(x1, .., xn). If p was not successful at least one time, this combinator fails.

Attributes

p

the parser to execute multiple times.

Returns:

a parser that parses p until it fails, returning the list of all the successful results.

Example:

scala> import parsley.character.string
scala> import parsley.combinator.some
scala> val p = some(string("ab"))
scala> p.parse("")
val res0 = Failure(..)
scala> p.parse("ab")
val res1 = Success(List("ab"))
scala> p.parse("abababab")
val res2 = Success(List("ab", "ab", "ab", "ab"))
scala> p.parse("aba")
val res3 = Failure(..)
Source:
combinator.scala
def someUntil[A](p: Parsley[A], end: Parsley[_]): Parsley[List[A]]

This combinator repeatedly parses a given parser one or more times, until the end parser succeeds, collecting the results into a list.

This combinator repeatedly parses a given parser one or more times, until the end parser succeeds, collecting the results into a list.

First ensures that trying to parse end fails, then tries to parse p. If it succeed then it will repeatedly: try to parse end, if it fails without consuming input, then parses p, which must succeed. When end does succeed, this combinator will return all of the results generated by p, x1 through xn (with n >= 1), in a list: List(x1, .., xn). The parser p must succeed at least once before end succeeds.

Attributes

end

the parser that stops the parsing of p.

p

the parser to execute multiple times.

Returns:

a parser that parses p until end succeeds, returning the list of all the successful results.

Example:

This can be useful for scanning comments:

scala> import parsley.character.{string, item, endOfLine}
scala> import parsley.combinator.many
scala> val comment = string("//") *> someUntil(item, endOfLine)
scala> p.parse("//hello world")
val res0 = Failure(..)
scala> p.parse("//hello world\n")
val res1 = Success(List('h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o', ' ', 'w', 'o', 'r', 'l', 'd'))
scala> p.parse("//\n")
val res2 = Failure(..)
scala> p.parse("//a\n")
val res3 = Success(List('a'))
Source:
combinator.scala

Input Query Combinators

These combinators do not consume input, but they allow for querying of the input stream - specifically checking whether or not there is more input that can be consumed or not. In particular, most parsers should be making use of eof to ensure that the parser consumes all the input available at the end of the parse.

This parser only succeeds at the end of the input.

This parser only succeeds at the end of the input.

Equivalent to notFollowedBy(item).

Attributes

Example:

scala> import parsley.combinator.eof
scala> eof.parse("a")
val res0 = Failure(..)
scala> eof.parse("")
val res1 = Success(())
Source:
combinator.scala

This parser only succeeds if there is still more input.

This parser only succeeds if there is still more input.

Equivalent to lookAhead(item).void.

Attributes

Example:

scala> import parsley.combinator.more
scala> more.parse("")
val res0 = Failure(..)
scala> more.parse("a")
val res1 = Success(())
Source:
combinator.scala

Optional Parsing Combinators

These combinators allow for the possible parsing of some parser. If the parser succeeds, that is ok so long as it did not consume input. Be aware that the result of the success may be replaced with these combinators, with the exception of option, which still preserves the result.

def option[A](p: Parsley[A]): Parsley[Option[A]]

This combinator tries to parse p, wrapping its result in a Some if it succeeds, or returns None if it fails.

This combinator tries to parse p, wrapping its result in a Some if it succeeds, or returns None if it fails.

Tries to parse p. If p succeeded, producing x, then Some(x) is returned. Otherwise, if p failed without consuming input, then None is returned instead.

Attributes

p

the parser to try to parse.

Returns:

a parser that tries to parse p, but can still succeed with None if that was not possible.

Example:

scala> import parsley.combinator.option
scala> import parsley.character.string
scala> val p = option(string("abc"))
scala> p.parse("")
val res0 = Success(None)
scala> p.parse("abc")
val res1 = Success(Some("abc"))
scala> p.parse("ab")
val res2 = Failure(..)
Source:
combinator.scala

This combinator will parse p if possible, otherwise will do nothing.

This combinator will parse p if possible, otherwise will do nothing.

Tries to parse p. If p succeeds, or fails without consuming input then this combinator is successful. Otherwise, if p failed having consumed input, this combinator fails.

Attributes

p

the parser to try to parse.

Returns:

a parser that tries to parse p.

Note:

equivalent to optionalAs(p, ()).

Example:

scala> import parsley.combinator.optional
scala> import parsley.character.string
scala> val p = optional(string("abc"))
scala> p.parse("")
val res0 = Success(())
scala> p.parse("abc")
val res1 = Success(())
scala> p.parse("ab")
val res2 = Failure(..)
Source:
combinator.scala
def optionalAs[A](p: Parsley[_], x: A): Parsley[A]

This combinator will parse p if possible, otherwise will do nothing.

This combinator will parse p if possible, otherwise will do nothing.

Tries to parse p. If p succeeds, or fails without consuming input then this combinator is successful and returns x. Otherwise, if p failed having consumed input, this combinator fails.

Attributes

p

the parser to try to parse.

x

the value to return regardless of how p performs.

Returns:

a parser that tries to parse p, returning x regardless of success or failure.

Example:

scala> import parsley.combinator.optionalAs
scala> import parsley.character.string
scala> val p = optionalAs(string("abc"), 7)
scala> p.parse("")
val res0 = Success(7)
scala> p.parse("abc")
val res1 = Success(7)
scala> p.parse("ab")
val res2 = Failure(..)
Source:
combinator.scala

Separated Values Combinators

These combinators are concerned with delimited parsing, where one parser is repeated but delimited by another one. In each of these cases p is the parser of interest and sep is the delimeter. These combinators mainly differ in either the number of ps they require, or exactly where the delimeters are allowed (only between, always trailing, or either). In all cases, they return the list of results generated by the repeated parses of p.

def endBy[A](p: Parsley[A], sep: => Parsley[_]): Parsley[List[A]]

This combinator parses zero or more occurrences of p, separated and ended by sep.

This combinator parses zero or more occurrences of p, separated and ended by sep.

Behaves just like endBy1, except does not require an initial p and sep, returning the empty list instead.

Attributes

p

the parser whose results are collected into a list.

sep

the delimiter that must be parsed between every p.

Returns:

a parser that parses p delimited by sep, returning the list of p's results.

Example:

scala> ...
scala> val args = endBy(int, string(";\n"))
scala> args.parse("7;\n3;\n2")
val res0 = Failure(..)
scala> args.parse("")
val res1 = Success(Nil)
scala> args.parse("1;\n")
val res2 = Success(List(1))
scala> args.parse("1;\n2;\n")
val res3 = Success(List(1, 2))
Source:
combinator.scala
def endBy1[A](p: Parsley[A], sep: => Parsley[_]): Parsley[List[A]]

This combinator parses one or more occurrences of p, separated and ended by sep.

This combinator parses one or more occurrences of p, separated and ended by sep.

Parses p followed by sep one or more times. The results of the p's, x1 through xn, are returned as List(x1, .., xn). If p or sep fails having consumed input, the whole parser fails.

Attributes

p

the parser whose results are collected into a list.

sep

the delimiter that must be parsed between every p.

Returns:

a parser that parses p delimited by sep, returning the list of p's results.

Example:

scala> ...
scala> val args = endBy1(int, string(";\n"))
scala> args.parse("7;\n3;\n2")
val res0 = Failure(..)
scala> args.parse("")
val res1 = Failure(..)
scala> args.parse("1;\n")
val res2 = Success(List(1))
scala> args.parse("1;\n2;\n")
val res3 = Success(List(1, 2))
Source:
combinator.scala
def sepBy[A](p: Parsley[A], sep: => Parsley[_]): Parsley[List[A]]

This combinator parses zero or more occurrences of p, separated by sep.

This combinator parses zero or more occurrences of p, separated by sep.

Behaves just like sepBy1, except does not require an initial p, returning the empty list instead.

Attributes

p

the parser whose results are collected into a list.

sep

the delimiter that must be parsed between every p.

Returns:

a parser that parses p delimited by sep, returning the list of p's results.

Example:

scala> ...
scala> val args = sepBy(int, string(", "))
scala> args.parse("7, 3, 2")
val res0 = Success(List(7, 3, 2))
scala> args.parse("")
val res1 = Success(Nil)
scala> args.parse("1")
val res2 = Success(List(1))
scala> args.parse("1, 2, ")
val res3 = Failure(..) // no trailing comma allowed
Source:
combinator.scala
def sepBy1[A](p: Parsley[A], sep: => Parsley[_]): Parsley[List[A]]

This combinator parses one or more occurrences of p, separated by sep.

This combinator parses one or more occurrences of p, separated by sep.

First parses a p. Then parses sep followed by p until there are no more seps. The results of the p's, x1 through xn, are returned as List(x1, .., xn). If p or sep fails having consumed input, the whole parser fails. Requires at least one p to have been parsed.

Attributes

p

the parser whose results are collected into a list.

sep

the delimiter that must be parsed between every p.

Returns:

a parser that parses p delimited by sep, returning the list of p's results.

Example:

scala> ...
scala> val args = sepBy1(int, string(", "))
scala> args.parse("7, 3, 2")
val res0 = Success(List(7, 3, 2))
scala> args.parse("")
val res1 = Failure(..)
scala> args.parse("1")
val res2 = Success(List(1))
scala> args.parse("1, 2, ")
val res3 = Failure(..) // no trailing comma allowed
Source:
combinator.scala
def sepEndBy[A](p: Parsley[A], sep: => Parsley[_]): Parsley[List[A]]

This combinator parses zero or more occurrences of p, separated and optionally ended by sep.

This combinator parses zero or more occurrences of p, separated and optionally ended by sep.

Behaves just like sepEndBy1, except does not require an initial p, returning the empty list instead.

Attributes

p

the parser whose results are collected into a list.

sep

the delimiter that must be parsed between every p.

Returns:

a parser that parses p delimited by sep, returning the list of p's results.

Example:

scala> ...
scala> val args = sepEndBy(int, string(";\n"))
scala> args.parse("7;\n3;\n2")
val res0 = Success(List(7, 3, 2))
scala> args.parse("")
val res1 = Success(Nil)
scala> args.parse("1")
val res2 = Success(List(1))
scala> args.parse("1;\n2;\n")
val res3 = Success(List(1, 2))
Source:
combinator.scala
def sepEndBy1[A](p: Parsley[A], sep: => Parsley[_]): Parsley[List[A]]

This combinator parses one or more occurrences of p, separated and optionally ended by sep.

This combinator parses one or more occurrences of p, separated and optionally ended by sep.

First parses a p. Then parses sep followed by p until there are no more: if a final sep exists, this is parsed. The results of the p's, x1 through xn, are returned as List(x1, .., xn). If p or sep fails having consumed input, the whole parser fails. Requires at least one p to have been parsed.

Attributes

p

the parser whose results are collected into a list.

sep

the delimiter that must be parsed between every p.

Returns:

a parser that parses p delimited by sep, returning the list of p's results.

Example:

scala> ...
scala> val args = sepEndBy1(int, string(";\n"))
scala> args.parse("7;\n3;\n2")
val res0 = Success(List(7, 3, 2))
scala> args.parse("")
val res1 = Failure(..)
scala> args.parse("1")
val res2 = Success(List(1))
scala> args.parse("1;\n2;\n")
val res3 = Success(List(1, 2))
Source:
combinator.scala

Multiple Branching/Sequencing Combinators

These combinators allow for testing or sequencing a large number of parsers in one go. Be careful, however, these are variadic combinators and are necessarily (for compatibility with Scala 2) not lazy. In such a case where laziness is desired without resorting to the other lazier combinators, there is a neat trick: unroll the first iteration of the combinator, and use the corresponding regular combinator to do that (i.e. <::> or *>): since these will have a lazy right-hand side, the remaining variadic arguments will be kept lazily suspended until later. Alternatively, it is possible to use the prefix ~ combinator to make any individual arguments lazy as required, for example skip(p, ~q, r).

def attemptChoice[A](ps: Parsley[A]*): Parsley[A]

This combinator tries to parse each of the parsers ps in order, until one of them succeeds.

This combinator tries to parse each of the parsers ps in order, until one of them succeeds.

Finds the first parser in ps which succeeds, returning its result. If none of the parsers succeed, then this combinator fails. This combinator will always try and parse each of the combinators until one succeeds, regardless of how they fail. The last argument will not be wrapped in attempt, as this is not necessary.

Attributes

ps

the parsers to try, in order.

Returns:

a parser that tries to parse one of ps.

See also:
Note:

this combinator is not particularly efficient, because it may unnecessarily backtrack for each alternative.

Example:

scala> import parsley.combinator.attemptChoice
scala> import parsley.character.string
scala> val p = attemptChoice(string("abc"), string("ab"), string("bc"), string("d"))
scala> p.parse("abc")
val res0 = Success("abc")
scala> p.parse("ab")
val res1 = Success("ab")
scala> p.parse("bc")
val res2 = Success("bc")
scala> p.parse("x")
val res3 = Failure(..)
Source:
combinator.scala
def choice[A](ps: Parsley[A]*): Parsley[A]

This combinator tries to parse each of the parsers ps in order, until one of them succeeds.

This combinator tries to parse each of the parsers ps in order, until one of them succeeds.

Finds the first parser in ps which succeeds, returning its result. If none of the parsers succeed, then this combinator fails. If a parser fails having consumed input, this combinator fails immediately.

Attributes

ps

the parsers to try, in order.

Returns:

a parser that tries to parse one of ps.

See also:
Example:

scala> import parsley.combinator.choice
scala> import parsley.character.string
scala> val p = choice(string("abc"), string("ab"), string("bc"), string("d"))
scala> p.parse("abc")
val res0 = Success("abc")
scala> p.parse("ab")
val res1 = Failure(..)
scala> p.parse("bc")
val res2 = Success("bc")
scala> p.parse("x")
val res3 = Failure(..)
Source:
combinator.scala
def sequence[A](ps: Parsley[A]*): Parsley[List[A]]

This combinator will parse each of ps in order, collecting the results.

This combinator will parse each of ps in order, collecting the results.

Given the parsers ps, consisting of p1 through pn, parses each in order. If they all succeed, producing the results x1 through xn, then List(x1, .., xn) is returned. If any of the parsers fail, then the whole combinator fails.

Attributes

ps

parsers to be sequenced.

Returns:

a parser that parses each of ps, returning the results in a list

See also:
Since:

4.0.0

Note:

be aware that all of the arguments to this combinator are in strict positions.

Example:

scala> import parsley.combinator.sequence
scala> import parsley.character.{char, item}
scala> val p = sequence(char('a'), item, char('c'))
scala> p.parse("abc")
val res0 = Success(List('a', 'b', 'c'))
scala> p.parse("ab")
val res1 = Failure(..)
Source:
combinator.scala
def skip(p: Parsley[_], ps: Parsley[_]*): Parsley[Unit]

This combinator will parse each of ps in order, discarding the results.

This combinator will parse each of ps in order, discarding the results.

Given the parsers ps, consisting of p1 through pn, parses each in order. If they all succeed, this combinator succeeds. If any of the parsers fail, then the whole combinator fails.

Attributes

p

first parser to be sequenced

ps

parsers to be sequenced.

Returns:

a parser that parses each of ps, returning ().

See also:
Note:

be aware that all of the arguments to this combinator are in strict positions.

Example:

scala> import parsley.combinator.skip
scala> import parsley.character.{char, item}
scala> val p = skip(char('a'), item, char('c'))
scala> p.parse("abc")
val res0 = Success(())
scala> p.parse("ab")
val res1 = Failure(..)
Source:
combinator.scala
def traverse[A, B](f: A => Parsley[B], xs: A*): Parsley[List[B]]

This combinator will parse each of the parsers generated by applying f to xs, in order, collecting the results.

This combinator will parse each of the parsers generated by applying f to xs, in order, collecting the results.

Given the values xs, consisting of x1 through xn, first creates the parses f(x1) through f(xn) and then called sequence on them.

Attributes

f

the function used to generate parsers for each values

xs

the values to turn into parsers and sequence.

Returns:

a parser that sequences the parsers generated from applying f to each of xs.

See also:
Since:

4.0.0

Note:

be aware that all of the arguments to this combinator are in strict positions.

Example:

// this is an OK implementation for `string`, which is common in Haskell.
def string(str: String) = {
   traverse(char, str:  _*).map(_.mkString)
}
Source:
combinator.scala

Conditional Combinators

These combinators allow for the conditional extraction of a result, or the execution of a parser based on another. They are morally related to branch and select but are less fundamental.

def decide[A](p: Parsley[Option[A]]): Parsley[A]

This combinator can eliminate an Option from the result of the parser p.

This combinator can eliminate an Option from the result of the parser p.

First parse p, if it succeeds returning Some(x), then return x. However, if p fails, or returned None, then this combinator fails.

Attributes

p

the parser to parse and extract the result from.

Returns:

a parser that tries to extract the result from p.

Example:

decide(option(p)) = p
Source:
combinator.scala
def decide[A](p: Parsley[Option[A]], q: => Parsley[A]): Parsley[A]

This combinator parses q depending only if p returns a None.

This combinator parses q depending only if p returns a None.

First parses p. If p returned Some(x), then x is returned. Otherwise, if p returned None then q is parsed, producing y, and y is returned. If p or q fails, the combinator fails.

Attributes

p

the first parser, which returns an Option to eliminate.

q

a parser to execute when p returns None, to provide a value of type A.

Returns:

a parser that either just parses p or both p and q in order to return an A.

Example:

decide(option(p), q) = p <|> q
Source:
combinator.scala
def ifP[A](condP: Parsley[Boolean], thenP: => Parsley[A], elseP: => Parsley[A]): Parsley[A]

This combinator parses one of thenP or elseP depending on the result of parsing condP.

This combinator parses one of thenP or elseP depending on the result of parsing condP.

This is a lifted if-statement. First, parse condP: if it is successful and returns true, then parse thenP; else, if it returned false, parse elseP; or, if condP failed then fail. If either of thenP or elseP fail, then this combinator also fails.

Most useful in conjunction with Registers, as this allows for decisions to be made based on state.

Attributes

condP

the parser that yields the condition value.

elseP

the parser to execute if the condition is false.

thenP

the parser to execute if the condition is true.

Returns:

a parser that conditionally parses thenP or elseP after condP.

Since:

4.0.0

Example:

ifP(pure(true), p, _) == p
ifP(pure(false), _, p) == p
Source:
combinator.scala
def when(condP: Parsley[Boolean], thenP: => Parsley[Unit]): Parsley[Unit]

This combinator conditionally parses thenP depending on the result of parsing condP.

This combinator conditionally parses thenP depending on the result of parsing condP.

This is a lifted if-statement. First, parse condP: if it is successful and returns true, then parse thenP; else, if it returned false do nothing; or, if condP failed then fail. If thenP fails, then this combinator also fails.

Most useful in conjunction with Registers, as this allows for decisions to be made based on state.

Attributes

condP

the parser that yields the condition value.

thenP

the parser to execute if the condition is true.

Returns:

a parser that conditionally parses thenP or elseP after condP.

Example:

when(pure(true), p) == p
when(pure(false), _) == unit
Source:
combinator.scala

This combinator repeatedly parses p so long as it returns true.

This combinator repeatedly parses p so long as it returns true.

This is a lifted while-loop. First, parse p: if it is successful and returns true, then repeat; else if it returned false stop; or, if it failed then this combinator fails.

Most useful in conjunction with Registers, as this allows for decisions to be made based on state. In particular, this can be used to define the forP combinator.

Attributes

p

the parser to repeatedly parse.

Returns:

a parser that continues to parse p until it returns false.

Example:

def forP[A](init: Parsley[A], cond: =>Parsley[A => Boolean], step: =>Parsley[A => A])(body: =>Parsley[_]): Parsley[Unit] = {
   val reg = Reg.make[A]
   lazy val _cond = reg.gets(cond)
   lazy val _step = reg.modify(step)
   reg.put(init) *> when(_cond, whileP(body *> _step *> _cond))
}
Source:
combinator.scala

Miscellaneous

def between[A](open: Parsley[_], close: => Parsley[_], p: => Parsley[A]): Parsley[A]

This combinator parses open, followed by p, and then close.

This combinator parses open, followed by p, and then close.

First parse open, ignore its result, then parse, p, producing x. Finally, parse close, ignoring its result. If open, p, and close all succeeded, then return x. If any of them failed, this combinator fails.

Attributes

close

the last parser to parse.

open

the first parser to parse.

p

the parser to parse between the other two.

Returns:

a parser that reads open, then p, then close and returns the result of p.

Example:

def braces[A](p: Parsley[A]) = between(char('{'), char('}'), p)
Source:
combinator.scala
def exactly[A](n: Int, p: Parsley[A]): Parsley[List[A]]

This combinator parses exactly n occurrences of p, returning these n results in a list.

This combinator parses exactly n occurrences of p, returning these n results in a list.

Parses p repeatedly up to n times. If p fails before n is reached, then this combinator fails. It is not required for p to fail after the nth parse. The results produced by p, x1 through xn, are returned as List(x1, .., xn).

Attributes

n

the number of times to repeat p.

p

the parser to repeat.

Returns:

a parser that parses p exactly n times, returning a list of the results.

Since:

4.0.0

Example:

scala> import parsley.character.item
scala> import parsley.combinator.exactly
scala> val p = exactly(3, item)
scala> p.parse("ab")
val res0 = Failure(..)
scala> p.parse("abc")
val res1 = Success(List('a', 'b', 'c'))
scala> p.parse("abcd")
val res2 = Success(List('a', 'b', 'c'))
Source:
combinator.scala