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** Reading **

   [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsing%|%Wikipedia]:   

   [http://www.gener8.be/site/articles/parsing/intro.html%|%Introduction to Parsing], by [Koen Van Damme]:   Includes examples in [Tcl], [Python], and [C++]


** Tools **

   [grammar::peg]:   

   [Parser Tools]:   an evolutionary improvement over [grammar::peg]

   [ParseTools]:   Tcl/Tk 8.x extension which provides script level access to the Tcl tokenizer, as well as generic query and abstract syntax tree query and manipulation commands.

   [Tcl_ParseCommand]:   



** Curriculum **

   Exercise:   [Splitting strings with embedded strings] includes an example [HTML] scanner, and also a description of how the state matrix was generated.  Implement your own version his ''Imaginary ad-hoc Scanner Generator Tool''.

   [parsing with coroutine], by [DKF]:    Concise, well-designed example for the advanced student.  Note the construct involving `[yield]` that simulates pushing data back onto the stream.



** See Also **

   [Regular Expressions Are Not A Good Idea for Parsing XML, HTML, or e-mail Addresses]:   

   [UPL: The Language Parser(s)/Interpreter(s)]:   

   [A parser's monolog]:   

   [Expression parsing]:   

   [parser]:   

   [Parser Combinators]:   

   [parser generator]:   

   [Parser using recursive descent]:   

   [Parsing csv strings]:   


   [Playing with parsing]:   

   [Scripted Parsing]:   

   [Syntax parsing in Tcl]:   

   [Techniques for reading and writing application configuration files]:   

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