Re: lpeg-list and nesting/recursion

[Wesley Smith <wesley.hoke@...>]

of course!  I was not thinking expansively enough. Many thanks for the example.
wes

On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Fabio Mascarenhas <mascarenhas@acm.org> wrote:
> You need to use a grammar:
> ----
> local lpeg = require "listlpeg"
> local p = lpeg.P{
>   "patt",
>   one = lpeg.C(lpeg.L(lpeg.L"one")),
>   patt = (lpeg.V"one" + lpeg.L(lpeg.V"patt") + lpeg.P(1))^0
> }
> print(p:match{ "something", { "something", { "one" } } }[1]) -- one
> ----
> The "listre" syntax is easier on the eyes:
> ----
> local re = require "listre"
> local p2 = re.compile[[
>   patt <- (<<one>> / { <patt> } / .)*
>   one <- { "one" }
> ]]
> ----
> Fetch and compile listlpeg again to run this example, the verifier had a bug
> where it would detect a spurious left recursion in patt. test/list.lua has
> more interesting search examples.
> --
> Fabio Mascarenhas
>
> On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Wesley Smith <wesley.hoke@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'm testing out some ideas using lpeg-list and was wondering how one
>> could express a recursive search through nested tables.  Using lpeg to
>> search through a string is pretty straightforward using
>>
>> (patt + P(1))^0
>>
>> This works equally well for lists, but doesn't work at all for nested
>> lists.  For example, I was trying to see how to generalize this
>> pattern:
>>
>> local patt = L"one" * L(L"one" * L(L"one"))
>>
>> It matches this:
>>
>> local code = {"one", {"one", {"one"}, }, }
>>
>>
>>
>> Now let's say I have:
>>
>> local code = {"something", {"something", {"one"}, }, }
>>
>> How can I express a recursive search through nested tables to find the
>> list containing "one"?  My first attempt was:
>>
>> (patt + L( (patt + P(1))^1 ) + P(1))^0
>>
>> This only goes one level deep and I need it to exhaustively recurse.
>> Any ideas on how to do this?
>>
>> thanks,
>> wes
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