Okay, this is worth poking into.
Ben Wolfson <wolf...@gmail.com> writes: > On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 5:16 AM, Phillip Lord > <phillip.l...@newcastle.ac.uk>wrote: > >> >> >> So, with this case, say I want the Italian label, in the set which is the >> value of the annotation key, find any list with the first element 'label, >> and >> third element "it", and return the second element. Of course, this can be >> done >> in Clojure, but the code gets complex very quickly. >> >> What I'd really want to be able to do is to use some sort of query; so I'd >> write a data structure like so: >> >> {:annotation >> #{(label ? "it")}} >> >> and have this match and return >> >> {:annotation >> #{(label "Ingredienti di Pizza" "it")}} >> >> which is the bit that matches. >> > > This is considerably more complicated than the query given, but I have lib > which (when I push an update for better set, string, and map handling) will > allow you to do something not entirely unlike that: > > macroparser.parsers> (run (map (both (keyword > :annotation) > > (set (seq (parseq (symbol 'label) > (expression) (string > "it")))))) > > '({:annotation #{(label "pizza" "it")}})) > {:annotation #{(label "pizza" "it")}} > macroparser.parsers> > > i.e., match a map with one value whose key is :annotation and whose value > is a set containing a seq of 'label, anything, and "it". > > -- > Ben Wolfson > "Human kind has used its intelligence to vary the flavour of drinks, which > may be sweet, aromatic, fermented or spirit-based. ... Family and social > life also offer numerous other occasions to consume drinks for pleasure." > [Larousse, "Drink" entry] > > -- -- Phillip Lord, Phone: +44 (0) 191 222 7827 Lecturer in Bioinformatics, Email: phillip.l...@newcastle.ac.uk School of Computing Science, http://homepages.cs.ncl.ac.uk/phillip.lord Room 914 Claremont Tower, skype: russet_apples Newcastle University, twitter: phillord NE1 7RU -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.