Additional prefix Boost.Spirit
I am trying to parse a space delimited string with optional tagging. for example
descr:expense type:receivable customer 27.3
where the expression before the colon is a tag and is optional (i.e. it assumes the default tag is used).
I cannot get the parser to do what I want. I made some minor changes from the canonical example whose purpose is to parse key / value pairs (similar to an HTTP request string).
typedef std::pair<boost::optional<std::string>, std::string> pair_type;
typedef std::vector<pair_type> pairs_type;
template <typename Iterator>
struct field_value_sequence_default_field
: qi::grammar<Iterator, pairs_type()>
{
field_value_sequence_default_field()
: field_value_sequence_default_field::base_type(query)
{
query = pair >> *(qi::lit(' ') >> pair);
pair = -(field >> ':') >> value;
field = +qi::char_("a-zA-Z0-9");
value = +qi::char_("a-zA-Z0-9+-\\.");
}
qi::rule<Iterator, pairs_type()> query;
qi::rule<Iterator, pair_type()> pair;
qi::rule<Iterator, std::string()> field, value;
};
However, when I parse it when the tag is missing, optional<string>
it is not empty / false. Rather, he received a copy of the value. The second part of the pair also matters.
If the untagged keyword cannot be a tag (the syntax rules, for example, have a decimal point), then everything works as I expected.
What am I doing wrong? Is this a conceptual mistake with PEG?
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Rather, he received a copy of the meaning. The second part of the pair also matters.
This is a common mistake with container attributes and backtrace: use qi::hold
eg. Understanding Boost.spirit string parsing
pair = -qi::hold[field >> ':'] >> value;
Fill in the sample Live On Coliru
#include <boost/spirit/include/qi.hpp>
#include <boost/fusion/adapted/std_pair.hpp>
#include <boost/optional/optional_io.hpp>
#include <iostream>
namespace qi = boost::spirit::qi;
typedef std::pair<boost::optional<std::string>, std::string> pair_type;
typedef std::vector<pair_type> pairs_type;
template <typename Iterator>
struct Grammar : qi::grammar<Iterator, pairs_type()>
{
Grammar() : Grammar::base_type(query) {
query = pair % ' ';
pair = -qi::hold[field >> ':'] >> value;
field = +qi::char_("a-zA-Z0-9");
value = +qi::char_("a-zA-Z0-9+-\\.");
}
private:
qi::rule<Iterator, pairs_type()> query;
qi::rule<Iterator, pair_type()> pair;
qi::rule<Iterator, std::string()> field, value;
};
int main()
{
using It = std::string::const_iterator;
for (std::string const input : {
"descr:expense type:receivable customer 27.3",
"expense type:receivable customer 27.3",
"descr:expense receivable customer 27.3",
"expense receivable customer 27.3",
}) {
It f = input.begin(), l = input.end();
std::cout << "==== '" << input << "' =============\n";
pairs_type data;
if (qi::parse(f, l, Grammar<It>(), data)) {
std::cout << "Parsed: \n";
for (auto& p : data) {
std::cout << p.first << "\t->'" << p.second << "'\n";
}
} else {
std::cout << "Parse failed\n";
}
if (f != l)
std::cout << "Remaining unparsed: '" << std::string(f,l) << "'\n";
}
}
Printing
==== 'descr:expense type:receivable customer 27.3' =============
Parsed:
descr ->'expense'
type ->'receivable'
-- ->'customer'
-- ->'27.3'
==== 'expense type:receivable customer 27.3' =============
Parsed:
-- ->'expense'
type ->'receivable'
-- ->'customer'
-- ->'27.3'
==== 'descr:expense receivable customer 27.3' =============
Parsed:
descr ->'expense'
-- ->'receivable'
-- ->'customer'
-- ->'27.3'
==== 'expense receivable customer 27.3' =============
Parsed:
-- ->'expense'
-- ->'receivable'
-- ->'customer'
-- ->'27.3'
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