Not really in the scope of LL(*). Usually pretty easy to parse by hand, really.
ANTLR can be twisted into a shape that will handle this, IIRC, but it's not using it as it's intended to be used, not a sensible way to solve the problem, and just generally not worth it. Sam On 07/11/2011 18:06, Mark Woodworth wrote: > I am a beginner at Antlr, but I am very excited to use it to translate > barcode label printer formats. > > Many of the label printer data formats include counted strings: a field in > the header of an input line gives the length of a following data field > (which may contain the regular line separator characters as data.) > This gives them a simple form of data transparency. > > Could someone point me in the direction of how to write a parsing rule for > this situation? My quick review of the Definitive Guide and the web site > have missed it. > Or is this not in the scope of LL(*) parsers? (That would be sad.) > > Thanks, > Mark Woodworth > mwoodwo...@numinagroup.com > > List: http://www.antlr.org/mailman/listinfo/antlr-interest > Unsubscribe: > http://www.antlr.org/mailman/options/antlr-interest/your-email-address List: http://www.antlr.org/mailman/listinfo/antlr-interest Unsubscribe: http://www.antlr.org/mailman/options/antlr-interest/your-email-address -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "il-antlr-interest" group. To post to this group, send email to il-antlr-inter...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to il-antlr-interest+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/il-antlr-interest?hl=en.
