[svlug] Lex question about variable length fields

[Jesse Monroy]

field separators?

Jesse
 On May 21, 2014 12:44 PM, "Bob Smith" <bsmith at linuxtoys.org> wrote:

> Anyone here remember Lex?
>
> I'm writing a parser in which the end of line can
> have a random ASCII string with spaces, tabs, and
> commas.  What I want is a grammar something like:
>
> command:
>    WORD WORD WORD WORDS_TO_EOL
>    ;
>
> If I build a lex rule to capture the variable
> length string it gobbles the whole input line.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> thanks
> Bob
>
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