> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > On Behalf Of Gabriele Santilli > Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 11:02 AM > To: Robert M. Muench > Subject: [REBOL] Re: Strange parsing behavior > >> parse "this is a test" [copy word [to "a" to end]] > == true > >> word > == "this is a test" > > It's the end of the sub-rule, since COPY copies what is > matched by the next element in the rule, that is the > sub-rule in this case.
Ok, ok but I still find it a bit strange. In your example to "a" can be deleted and the result won't change. I would expect the resulting string to grow while parsing is done: >> parse "this is a test" [copy word [to "a" (?? word) to end (?? word)]] > word: "this is" > word: "this is a test" > Place COPY *inside* the sub-rule if > you want to get the result you were expecting. Unfortunately this doesn't work for complex cases. Try the following, which can't be done: Text: "this-is-a test of some parsing^/ this-is-a - test of some parsing" The result should be Text: ["this-is-a test of some parsing" "this-is-a" "test of some parsing"] You have to solve the problem to trigger on " - " or 'newline whichever comes first ;-). Robert -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.
