[REBOL] Re: parse, again...
From: robert:muench:robertmuench at: 5-Nov-2001 16:38
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [rebol-bounce--rebol--com] [mailto:[rebol-bounce--rebol--com]]On Behalf Of
> Brett Handley
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 1:39 PM
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> Subject: [REBOL] Re: parse, again...
> >> parse "hello" [skip to end]
>
> No I don't think so. The above parse rule has two instructions:
> 1) SKIP - skips a single character only in this case
Hi, in what case? IMO skip isn't optional it's mandatory, so the rule is only
satisfied if a skip is possible.
>> parse "a" [skip to end]
== true
>> parse " " [skip to end]
== false
>> parse "" [skip to end]
== false
>> parse/all " " [skip to end]
== true
> 2) TO END - Moves the index to the tail of the input stream.
Yep, and the tail is beyond the last character.
>> test: "test"
== "test"
>> last test
== #"t"
>> tail test
== ""
Robert
