Ergo.Combinators.choice
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choice
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Link to this function
choice(parsers, opts \\ [])
The choice/1
parser takes a list of parsers. It tries each in order attempting to match one. Once a match has been
made choice returns the result of the matching parser.
Examples
iex> alias Ergo.Context
iex> import Ergo.{Terminals, Parsers, Combinators}
iex> context = Context.new("Hello World")
iex> parser = choice([literal("Foo"), literal("Bar"), literal("Hello"), literal("World")])
iex> parser.(context)
%Context{status: :ok, ast: "Hello", input: " World", char: ?o, index: 5, col: 6}
iex> alias Ergo.Context
iex> import Ergo.{Terminals, Parsers, Combinators}
iex> context = Context.new("Hello World")
iex> parser = choice([literal("Foo"), literal("Bar")])
iex> parser.(context)
%Context{status: {:error, :no_valid_choice}, message: "No valid choice", ast: nil, input: "Hello World"}