NAME

       Parse::alternatives - Parse a string using a set of parsers.

SYNOPSIS

       a alternatives( [Parser<a> ] alts, var ParseState st )

ARGUMENTS

       alts A list of parser functions

       st The current parsing state

DESCRIPTION

       Parse a string using a set of parsers. The first one which parses is used.

    // Equivalent to
    parser = alts[0] `or` alts[1] `or` alts[2]
             `or` ... `or` alts[size(alts)-1];
    parsed = parser(st);

AUTHORS

       Kaya  standard  library  by  Edwin  Brady,  Chris  Morris  and  others  (kaya@kayalang.org).  For further
       information see http://kayalang.org/

LICENSE

       The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the  terms  of
       the  GNU  Lesser  General  Public  License  (version  2.1  or any later version) as published by the Free
       Software Foundation.

RELATED

       Parse.or (3kaya)

Kaya                                                July 2013                          Parse.alternatives(3kaya)