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include PARSER with type 'a promise = 'a
Represents a parser which can parse value 'a
. Use parse functions to evaluate a parser.
val return : 'a -> 'a t
return v
always parses value v
.
Examples
module P = Reparse.String.String
;;
let input = new P.string_input "" in
let v1 = P.(parse input (return 5)) in
let v2 = P.(parse input (return "hello")) in
v1 = 5 && v2 = "hello"
val unit : unit t
unit
always parses to ():unit
value.
val fail : string -> 'a t
fail err_msg
returns a parser that always fails with err_msg
.
Examples
module P = Reparse.String
;;
let input = new P.string_input "" in
let r =
try
let _ = P.(parse input (fail "hello error")) in
assert false
with e -> e in
r
= P.Parser
{offset= 0; line_number= 0; column_number= 0; msg= "hello error"}
both p q
is evaluates to (a,b)
when a
is evaluted from p
and b
is evaluated from q
.
module Infix : sig ... end
include module type of Infix
p >>= f
returns a new parser b where,
a
is the parsed value of p
b
is f a
Also known as bind
operation.Examples
module P = Reparse.String
open P
;;
let f a = P.pure (Char.code a) in
let p = P.char 'h' in
let p = p >>= f in
let v = P.parse_string p "hello" in
v = 104
p >>| f
returns a new parser encapsulating value b
where,
a
is the parsed value of p
.b
is f a
. Also known as map
operation.Examples
module P = Reparse.String
open P
;;
let f a = Char.code a in
let p = P.char 'h' in
let p = p >>| f in
let v = P.parse_string p "hello" in
v = 104
pf <*> q
returns a new parser encapsulating value b
where
pf
and q
are evaluated sequentially in order as given.f
is the parsed value of pf
a
is the parsed value of q
b
is f a
Also known as Applicative
operation.Examples
module P = Reparse
open P
;;
let f a = a + 2 in
let pf = P.pure f in
let q = P.pure 2 in
let p = pf <*> q in
let v = P.parse_string p "hello" in
v = 4
v <$ p
replaces the parse value of p
with v
.
Examples
module P = Reparse.String
open P
;;
let v = "hello" in
let p = P.char 'h' in
let p = v <$ p in
let v2 = P.parse_string p "hello" in
v2 = "hello"
p *> q
returns a parser encapsulating value a
where,
p
, q
are evaluated sequentially in order as given.a
is parsed value of q
.p
is discarded. Also known as discard left
.Examples
module P = Reparse.String
open P
;;
let p = P.string "world" in
let q = P.pure "hello" in
let p = p *> q in
let v = P.parse_string p "world" in
v = "hello"
p <* q
returns a parser encapsulating value a
where,
p
, q
are evaluated sequentially in order as given.a
is parsed value of p
.q
is discarded. Also know as discard_right.Examples
module P = Reparse.String
open P
;;
let p = P.string "world" in
let q = P.pure "hello" in
let p = p <* q in
let v = P.parse_string p "world" in
v = "world"
p <|> q
returns a parser encapsulating value a
where,
p
,q
are evaluated sequentially in order as given.a
is the parsed value of p
if p
is successfula
is the parsed value of q
if p
is a failure and q
is a success.p
and q
- fails, then the parser fails.Examples
p
fails and q
succeeds, therefore we return q
's parsed value 'w'
module P = Reparse.String
open P
;;
let p = P.char 'h' in
let q = P.char 'w' in
let p = p <|> q in
let v = P.parse_string p "world" in
v = 'w'
p
succeeds therefore we return its parsed value 'h'
let p = P.char 'h' in
let q = P.char 'w' in
let p = p <|> q in
let v = P.parse_string p "hello" in
v = 'h'
The parser fails if both p
and q
fails.
let p = P.char 'h' in
let q = P.char 'w' in
let p = p <|> q in
let v =
try
let _ = P.parse_string p "" in
false
with _ -> true in
v = true
let*
is a let syntax binding for Reparse.Infix.((>>=))
Examples
module P = Reparse.String
open P
;;
let p =
let* a = P.pure 5 in
let total = a + 5 in
P.pure total in
let v = P.parse_string p "" in
v = 10
let*
is a let syntax binding for Reparse.((>|=))
Examples
module P = Reparse.String
open P
;;
let p =
let+ a = P.pure 5 in
let total = a + 5 in
total in
let v = P.parse_string p "" in
v = 10
p <?> err_msg
parses p
to value a
and returns a new parser encapsulating a
. If p
is a failure, then it fails with error message err_msg
. Often used as a last choice in <|>
, e.g. a <|> b <|> c <?> "expected a b c"
.
Examples
module P = Reparse.String
open P
;;
let p = P.char 'h' <|> P.char 'w' in
let err_msg = "[error]" in
let p = p <?> err_msg in
let v =
try
let _ = P.parse_string p "" in
false
with
| P.Parser
{offset= 0; line_number= 0; column_number= 0; msg= "[error]"} ->
true
| _ -> false in
v = true
module Let_syntax : sig ... end
ppx_let
syntax support module.
val peek_char : char t
peek_char t
parses the next character from input without consuming it. It fails if EOI
is reached.
Examples
module P = Reparse.String
;;
let p = P.peek_char in
let v = P.parse_string p "hello" in
v = 'h'
Input is not consumed.
val peek_char_opt : char option t
peek_char_opt
is the exception safe version of peek_char
. It returns an option rather than throwing exn
when EOI
is reached.
val peek_string : int -> string t
peek_string n
parse a string of length n
without consuming it.
Examples
module P = Reparse.String
open P
;;
let p = P.peek_string 5 in
let v = P.parse_string p "hello" in
v = "hello"
Input is not consumed.
val any_char : char t
any_char
parses the next character from input. Fails if input has reached end of input.
Examples
module P = Reparse.String
;;
let v = P.(parse_string any_char "hello") in
v = 'h'
val unsafe_any_char : char t
unsafe_any_char
is same as any_char
except the returned char value is not buffered by the input. Important don't use this parser with backtracking parsers such as <|>
, alt
, any
etc.
Note Ensure you call trim_input_buffer
after calling this parser.
val char : char -> char t
char c
parses character c
exactly.
Examples
module P = Reparse.String
;;
let p = P.char 'h' in
let v = P.parse_string p "hello" in
v = 'h'
val char_if : (char -> bool) -> char t
char_if f
parses a character c
if f c
is true
.
Examples
module P = Reparse.String
;;
let p = P.char_if (function 'a' -> true | _ -> false) in
let v = P.parse_string p "abc" in
v = 'a'
val string_cs : string -> string t
string_cs s
parses a string s
exactly. String comparison is case sensitive.
Examples
module P = Reparse.String
;;
let p = P.string_cs "hello" in
let v = P.parse p (P.of_string "hello world") in
v = "hello"
val string_ci : string -> string t
val string_of_chars : char list -> string t
string_of_chars l
converts char list
l
to string
Examples
module P = Reparse.String
;;
let p = P.(take ~sep_by:space next >>= string_of_chars) in
let v = P.parse_string p "h e l l o" in
v = "hello"
val take_string : int -> string t
take_string n
returns a string of length n
exactly from input.
take_cstruct n
returns a Cstruct.t
of length n
exactly from input. This is usually a zeor copy - depending on input of course - version of take_string
.
any l
parses the value of the first successful parser in list l
. Specified parsers in l
are evaluated sequentially from left to right. A failed parser doesn't consume any input, i.e. offset
is unaffected. The parser fails if none of the parsers in l
are evaluated successfully.
Examples
First successful parser result is returned
module P = Reparse.String
;;
let p = P.(any [char 'z'; char 'x'; char 'a']) in
let v = P.parse_string p "zabc" in
v = 'z'
;;
let p = P.(any [char 'z'; char 'x'; char 'a']) in
let v = P.parse_string p "xabc" in
v = 'x'
;;
let p = P.(any [char 'z'; char 'x'; char 'a']) in
let v = P.parse_string p "abc" in
v = 'a'
Parser fails when none of the parsers in l
are successful.
let p = P.(any [char 'z'; char 'x'; char 'a']) in
let v =
try
let _ = P.parse_string p "yyy" in
false
with _ -> true in
v = true
optional p
parses Some a
if successful and None
otherwise. a
is the parsed value of p
.
Examples
module P = Reparse.String
open P
;;
let p = P.(optional (char 'a')) in
let v = P.parse_string p "ab" in
v = Some 'a'
;;
let p = P.(optional (char 'z')) in
let v = P.parse_string p "ab" in
v = None
not_ p
parses value ()
if and only if p
fails to parse, otherwise the parse fails.
Examples
module P = Reparse.String
;;
let p = P.(not_ (char 'a')) in
let v = P.parse_string p "bbb" in
v = ()
is p
parses true
if p
is successful, false
otherwise. Note evaluation of p
doesn't consume any input.
Examples
module P = Reparse.String
;;
let p = P.(is (char 'b')) in
let v = P.parse_string p "bcb" in
v = true
is_not p
parses value true
if p
fails to parse and false
otherwise. Note evaluating p
doesn't consume any input.
Examples
module P = Reparse.String
;;
let p = P.(is_not (char 'a')) in
let v = P.parse_string p "bbb" in
v = true
recur f
returns a recursive parser. Function value f
accepts a parser p
as its argument and returns a parser q
. Parser q
in its definition can refer to p
and p
can refer to q
in its own definition. Such parsers are also known as a fixpoint or y combinator.
all parsers
parses all parsers in parsers
and returns a list of successful parse result. All of the parsers
must succeed for all
to succeed.
all_unit parsers
parses parsers
and discards their results. All of the parsers
must succeed for all_unit
to succeed.
skip ~at_least ~up_to p
repeatedly parses p
and discards its value. The lower and upper bound of repetition is specified by arguments at_least
and up_to
respectively. The default value of at_least
is 0. The default value of up_to
is unspecified, i.e. there is no upper limit. The repetition ends when one of the following occurs:
p
evaluates to failureup_to
upper bound value is reached The parser encapsulates the count of times p
was evaluated successfully.Examples
module P = Reparse.String
;;
let p = P.(skip space) in
let v = P.parse_string p " " in
v = 5
take ~at_least ~up_to ~sep_by p
repeatedly parses p
and returns the parsed values. The lower and upper bound of repetition is specified by arguments at_least
and up_to
respectively. The default value of at_least
is 0
. The default value of up_to
is unspecified, i.e. there is no upper limit. If sep_by
is specified then the evaluation of p
must be followed by a successful evaluation of sep_by
. The parsed value of sep_by
is discarded. The repetition ends when one of the following occurs:
p
evaluates to failuresep_by
evaluates to failureup_to
upper boudn value is reached The parser fails if the count of repetition of p
does not match the value specified by at_least
.Examples
Default behaviour.
module P = Reparse.String
;;
let p = P.(take (char 'a')) in
let v = P.parse_string p "aaaaa" in
v = ['a'; 'a'; 'a'; 'a'; 'a']
Specify ~sep_by
.
module P = Reparse.String
;;
let p = P.(take ~sep_by:(char ',') (char 'a')) in
let v = P.parse_string p "a,a,a,a,a" in
v = ['a'; 'a'; 'a'; 'a'; 'a']
Specify lower bound argument at_least
.
module P = Reparse.String
;;
let p = P.(take ~at_least:3 ~sep_by:(char ',') (char 'a')) in
let v = P.parse_string p "a,a,a,a,a" in
v = ['a'; 'a'; 'a'; 'a'; 'a']
Lower bound not met results in error.
module P = Reparse.String
;;
let p = P.(take ~at_least:5 ~sep_by:(char ',') (char 'a')) in
let v =
try
let _ = P.parse_string p "a,a,a,a" in
false
with _ -> true in
v = true
Specify upper bound up_to
.
module P = Reparse.String
;;
let p = P.(take ~up_to:3 ~sep_by:(char ',') (char 'a')) in
let v = P.parse_string p "a,a,a,a,a" in
v = ['a'; 'a'; 'a']
take_while_cb ~sep_by ~while_ ~on_take p
repeatedly parses p
and calls callback on_take_cb
with the parsed value. p
is evaluated if and only if while_
evaluates to true
. If sep_by
is specified then the evaluation of p
must be followed by a successful evaluation of sep_by
. The parsed value of sep_by
is discarded. p
is evaluated repeatedly. The repetition ends when one of the following occurs: on_take_cb
is the callback function that is called every time p
is evaluated.
p
evaluates to failurewhile_
returns false
sep_by
evaluates to failure take_while_cb
is the general version of Reparse.take_while
. It allows to specify how the value a
is to be collected. Note while_
does not consume input.Examples
module P = Reparse.String
open P
;;
let buf = Buffer.create 0 in
let on_take_cb a = Buffer.add_char buf a in
let p =
P.(take_while_cb (char 'a') ~while_:(is_not (char 'b')) ~on_take_cb)
in
let v = P.parse_string p "aaab" in
let s = Buffer.contents buf in
v = 3 && s = "aaa"
take_while ~sep_by p ~while_ p
repeatedly parses p
and returns its value. p
is evaluated if and only if while_
evaluates to true
. If sep_by
is specified then the evaluation of p
must be followed by a successful evaluation of sep_by
. The parsed value of sep_by
is discarded. The repetition ends when one of the following occurs:
p
evaluates to failurewhile_
returns false
sep_by
evaluates to failure Note while_
does not consume input.Examples
Default behaviour.
module P = Reparse.String
;;
let p = P.(take_while ~while_:(is_not (char 'b')) (char 'a')) in
let v = P.parse_string p "aab" in
v = ['a'; 'a']
Specify sep_by
.
module P = Reparse.String
;;
let p =
P.(
take_while ~sep_by:(char ',') ~while_:(is_not (char 'b')) (char 'a'))
in
let v = P.parse_string p "a,a,ab" in
v = ['a'; 'a'; 'a']
take_between ~sep_by ~start ~end_ p
parses start
and then repeatedly parses p
while the parsed value of p
doesn't equal to parsed value of end_
. After the repetition end, it parses end_
. The parser returns the list of parsed values of p
. Both start
and end_
parser values are discarded. If sep_by
is specified then the evaluation of p
must be followed by a successful evaluation of sep_by
. The parsed value of sep_by
is discarded. The repetition ends when one of the following occurs:
p
evaluates to failureend_
parsed value matches p
parsed valuesep_by
evaluates to failureExamples
module P = Reparse.String
;;
let p =
P.(
take_between ~sep_by:(char ',') ~start:(P.char '(') ~end_:(char ')')
next) in
let v = P.parse_string p "(a,a,a)" in
v = ['a'; 'a'; 'a']
Parsers as defined in RFC 5234, Appendix B.1.
val alpha : char t
alpha
parses a character in range A- Z
or a-z
.
Examples
module P = Reparse
open P
;;
let p = P.(take alpha) in
let v = P.parse_string p "abcdABCD" in
v = ['a'; 'b'; 'c'; 'd'; 'A'; 'B'; 'C'; 'D']
val alpha_num : char t
alpha_num
parses a character in range A-Z
or a-z
or 0-9
.
Examples
module P = Reparse
open P
;;
let p = P.(take alpha_num) in
let v = P.parse_string p "ab123ABCD" in
v = ['a'; 'b'; '1'; '2'; '3'; 'A'; 'B'; 'C'; 'D']
val lower_alpha : char t
lower_alpha
parses a character in range a-z
.
Examples
module P = Reparse
open P
;;
let p = P.(take lower_alpha) in
let v = P.parse_string p "abcd" in
v = ['a'; 'b'; 'c'; 'd']
val upper_alpha : char t
upper_alpha
parses a character in range A-Z
.
Examples
module P = Reparse
open P
;;
let p = P.(take upper_alpha) in
let v = P.parse_string p "ABCD" in
v = ['A'; 'B'; 'C'; 'D']
val bit : char t
bit
parses a character which is either '0'
or '1'
.
Examples
module P = Reparse
;;
let p = P.(take bit) in
let v = P.parse_string p "0110 ab" in
v = ['0'; '1'; '1'; '0']
val ascii_char : char t
ascii_char
parses any US-ASCII character.
Examples
module P = Reparse
;;
let p = P.(take ascii_char) in
let v = P.parse_string p "0110 abc '" in
v = ['0'; '1'; '1'; '0'; ' '; 'a'; 'b'; 'c'; ' '; '\'']
val cr : char t
cr
parses character '\r'
.
Examples
module P = Reparse
;;
let v = P.(parse_string cr "\rab") in
v = '\r'
val crlf : string t
crlf
parses string "\r\n"
.
Examples
module P = Reparse
;;
let v = P.(parse_string crlf "\r\n abc") in
v = "\r\n"
val control : char t
control
parses characters in range 0x00 - 0x1F
or character 0x7F
.
Examples
module P = Reparse
;;
let v = P.(parse_string control "\x00") in
v = '\x00'
val digit : char t
digit
parses one of the digit characters, 0 .. 9
.
Examples
module P = Reparse
;;
let p = P.(take digit) in
let v = P.parse_string p "0123456789a" in
v = ['0'; '1'; '2'; '3'; '4'; '5'; '6'; '7'; '8'; '9']
val digits : string t
digits
parses one or more digit characters, 0 .. 9
.
Examples
module P = Reparse
;;
let v = P.(parse_string digits "1234 +") in
v = "1234"
val dquote : char t
dquote
parses double quote character '"'
.
Examples
module P = Reparse
;;
let v = P.(parse_string dquote "\"hello ") in
v = '"'
val hex_digit : char t
hex_digit
parses any of the hexadecimal digits - 0..9, A, B, C, D, E, F
.
Examples
module P = Reparse
;;
let p = P.(take hex_digit) in
let v = P.parse_string p "0ABCDEFa" in
v = ['0'; 'A'; 'B'; 'C'; 'D'; 'E'; 'F']
val htab : char t
htab
parses a horizontal tab character '\t'
.
Examples
module P = Reparse
;;
let v = P.(parse_string htab "\t") in
v = '\t'
val lf : char t
lf
parses a linefeed '\n'
character.
Examples
module P = Reparse
;;
let v = P.(parse_string lf "\n") in
v = '\n'
val octet : char t
octect
parses any character in the range \x00 - \xFF
. Synonym for Reparse.next
Examples
module P = Reparse
;;
let p = P.(take octet) in
let v = P.parse_string p "0110 abc '" in
v = ['0'; '1'; '1'; '0'; ' '; 'a'; 'b'; 'c'; ' '; '\'']
val space : char t
space
parses a space character.
Examples
module P = Reparse
;;
let v = P.(parse_string space " abc '") in
v = ' '
val vchar : char t
vchar
parses any of the visible - printable - characters.
Examples
module P = Reparse
;;
let p = P.(take vchar) in
let v = P.parse_string p "0110abc\x00" in
v = ['0'; '1'; '1'; '0'; 'a'; 'b'; 'c']
val whitespace : char t
whitespace
parses a space ' '
or horizontal tab '\t'
character.
Examples
module P = Reparse
;;
let p = P.(take whitespace) in
let v = P.parse_string p "\t \t " in
v = ['\t'; ' '; '\t'; ' ']
val advance : int -> unit t
advance n
advances input by n
bytes.
val eoi : unit t
eoi
parses end of input. Fails if parser is not at end of input.
Examples
module P = Reparse.String
;;
let v = P.(parse_string eoi "") in
v = ()
;;
let v =
try
let _ = P.(parse_string eoi "a") in
false
with _ -> true in
v = true
val trim_input_buffer : unit t
trim_input_buffer ()
calls INPUT.trim_buffer
with the current parser position. Use this function to control the memory consumption of the input buffer.
Note Once trimmed the parser is unable to backtrack beyond the position of last_trimmed_pos
. This may affect a correct functioning of <|>
parser as it backtracks when trying various alternatives.
val pos : int t
pos
returns the current parser position.
val last_trimmed_pos : int t
last_trimmed_pos
returns the last trimmed input position marker.
val input_buffer_size : int option t
input_buffer_size
returns current input buffer size in bytes if input is a buffered input otherwise it returns None
for unbuffered input.
val create_input_from_string : string -> input
val create_input_from_bigstring :
?off:int ->
?len:int ->
Cstruct.buffer ->
input