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<span class='macro'>macro_rules</span><span class='macro'>!</span> <span class='ident'>chain</span> (
(<span class='macro-nonterminal'>$</span><span class='macro-nonterminal'>i</span>:<span class='ident'>expr</span>, $(<span class='macro-nonterminal'>$</span><span class='macro-nonterminal'>rest</span>:<span class='ident'>tt</span>)<span class='op'>*</span>) <span class='op'>=></span> (
<span class='macro'>chaining_parser</span><span class='macro'>!</span>(<span class='macro-nonterminal'>$</span><span class='macro-nonterminal'>i</span>, $(<span class='macro-nonterminal'>$</span><span class='macro-nonterminal'>rest</span>)<span class='op'>*</span>)
);
);
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<div class='docblock'><p>chains parsers and assemble the results through a closure</p>
<pre class='rust rust-example-rendered'>
<span class='attribute'>#[<span class='ident'>derive</span>(<span class='ident'>PartialEq</span>,<span class='ident'>Eq</span>,<span class='ident'>Debug</span>)]</span>
<span class='kw'>struct</span> <span class='ident'>B</span> {
<span class='ident'>a</span>: <span class='ident'>u8</span>,
<span class='ident'>b</span>: <span class='prelude-ty'>Option</span><span class='op'><</span><span class='ident'>u8</span><span class='op'>></span>
}
<span class='macro'>named</span><span class='macro'>!</span>(<span class='ident'>y</span>, <span class='macro'>tag</span><span class='macro'>!</span>(<span class='string'>"efgh"</span>));
<span class='kw'>fn</span> <span class='ident'>ret_int</span>(<span class='ident'>i</span>:<span class='kw-2'>&</span>[<span class='ident'>u8</span>]) <span class='op'>-></span> <span class='ident'>IResult</span><span class='op'><</span><span class='kw-2'>&</span>[<span class='ident'>u8</span>], <span class='ident'>u8</span><span class='op'>></span> { <span class='ident'>Done</span>(<span class='ident'>i</span>, <span class='number'>1</span>) }
<span class='macro'>named</span><span class='macro'>!</span>(<span class='ident'>ret_y</span><span class='op'><</span><span class='kw-2'>&</span>[<span class='ident'>u8</span>], <span class='ident'>u8</span><span class='op'>></span>, <span class='macro'>map</span><span class='macro'>!</span>(<span class='ident'>y</span>, <span class='op'>|</span>_<span class='op'>|</span> <span class='number'>1</span>)); <span class='comment'>// return 1 if the "efgh" tag is found</span>
<span class='macro'>named</span><span class='macro'>!</span>(<span class='ident'>z</span><span class='op'><</span><span class='kw-2'>&</span>[<span class='ident'>u8</span>], <span class='ident'>B</span><span class='op'>></span>,
<span class='macro'>chain</span><span class='macro'>!</span>(
<span class='macro'>tag</span><span class='macro'>!</span>(<span class='string'>"abcd"</span>) <span class='kw-2'>~</span>
<span class='ident'>aa</span>: <span class='ident'>ret_int</span> <span class='kw-2'>~</span> <span class='comment'>// the result of that parser will be used in the closure</span>
<span class='macro'>tag</span><span class='macro'>!</span>(<span class='string'>"abcd"</span>)? <span class='kw-2'>~</span> <span class='comment'>// this parser is optional</span>
<span class='ident'>bb</span>: <span class='ident'>ret_y</span>? , <span class='comment'>// the result of that parser is an option</span>
<span class='op'>||</span>{<span class='ident'>B</span>{<span class='ident'>a</span>: <span class='ident'>aa</span>, <span class='ident'>b</span>: <span class='ident'>bb</span>}}
)
);
<span class='comment'>// the first "abcd" tag is not present, we have an error</span>
<span class='kw'>let</span> <span class='ident'>r1</span> <span class='op'>=</span> <span class='ident'>z</span>(<span class='kw-2'>&</span><span class='string'>b"efgh"</span>[..]);
<span class='macro'>assert_eq</span><span class='macro'>!</span>(<span class='ident'>r1</span>, <span class='ident'>Error</span>(<span class='ident'>Position</span>(<span class='number'>0</span>,<span class='kw-2'>&</span><span class='string'>b"efgh"</span>[..])));
<span class='comment'>// everything is present, everything is parsed</span>
<span class='kw'>let</span> <span class='ident'>r2</span> <span class='op'>=</span> <span class='ident'>z</span>(<span class='kw-2'>&</span><span class='string'>b"abcdabcdefgh"</span>[..]);
<span class='macro'>assert_eq</span><span class='macro'>!</span>(<span class='ident'>r2</span>, <span class='ident'>Done</span>(<span class='kw-2'>&</span><span class='string'>b""</span>[..], <span class='ident'>B</span>{<span class='ident'>a</span>: <span class='number'>1</span>, <span class='ident'>b</span>: <span class='prelude-val'>Some</span>(<span class='number'>1</span>)}));
<span class='comment'>// the second "abcd" tag is optional</span>
<span class='kw'>let</span> <span class='ident'>r3</span> <span class='op'>=</span> <span class='ident'>z</span>(<span class='kw-2'>&</span><span class='string'>b"abcdefgh"</span>[..]);
<span class='macro'>assert_eq</span><span class='macro'>!</span>(<span class='ident'>r3</span>, <span class='ident'>Done</span>(<span class='kw-2'>&</span><span class='string'>b""</span>[..], <span class='ident'>B</span>{<span class='ident'>a</span>: <span class='number'>1</span>, <span class='ident'>b</span>: <span class='prelude-val'>Some</span>(<span class='number'>1</span>)}));
<span class='comment'>// the result of ret_y is optional, as seen in the B structure</span>
<span class='kw'>let</span> <span class='ident'>r4</span> <span class='op'>=</span> <span class='ident'>z</span>(<span class='kw-2'>&</span><span class='string'>b"abcdabcdwxyz"</span>[..]);
<span class='macro'>assert_eq</span><span class='macro'>!</span>(<span class='ident'>r4</span>, <span class='ident'>Done</span>(<span class='kw-2'>&</span><span class='string'>b"wxyz"</span>[..], <span class='ident'>B</span>{<span class='ident'>a</span>: <span class='number'>1</span>, <span class='ident'>b</span>: <span class='prelude-val'>None</span>}));
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