[REBOL] Re: A little parse help
From: petr:krenzelok:trz:cz at: 24-Aug-2001 21:01
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Subject: [REBOL] Re: A little parse help
> > what's the last :mark1 there for?
> Sets the parse cursor location.
>
> > and how do I change it to parse until <br> or a space " "?
> Parse rules will not do this, if I understand your intent correctly. Parse
> rules WILL look until <br> or space " ", but will not stop at whichever
> comes first. Parse first looks for <br>: If parse never finds a <br> (up
> to end of data) then it will look for a space " ", otherwise stopping at
> the next <br> regardless of spaces.
>
FIRST - looooong time requested feature. Carl once agreed it would be
usefull, but there are probably other priorities for RT to solve now.
However - being able to parse first of [a | b | c] is probably the most
missing feature re parsing ..
-pekr-
