/// <summary>
/// Constructs a parser that will fail if the given parser succeeds,
/// and will succeed if the given parser fails. In any case, it won't
/// consume any input. It's like a negative look-ahead in regex.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The result type of the given parser</typeparam>
/// <param name="parser">The parser to wrap</param>
/// <returns>A parser that is the opposite of the given parser.</returns>
public static Parser <object> Not <T>(this Parser <T> parser)
{
if (parser == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(parser));
}
return(i =>
{
var result = parser(i);
if (result.WasSuccessful)
{
var msg = $"`{StringExtensions.Join(", ", result.Expectations)}' was not expected";
return Result.Failure <object>(i, msg, new string[0]);
}
return Result.Success <object>(null, i);
});
}
/// <summary>
///
/// </summary>
/// <param name="parser"></param>
/// <param name="minimumCount"></param>
/// <param name="maximumCount"></param>
/// <typeparam name="T"></typeparam>
/// <returns></returns>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException"></exception>
public static Parser <IEnumerable <T> > Repeat <T>(this Parser <T> parser, int minimumCount, int maximumCount)
{
if (parser == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(parser));
}
return(i =>
{
var remainder = i;
var result = new List <T>();
for (var n = 0; n < maximumCount; ++n)
{
var r = parser(remainder);
if (!r.WasSuccessful && n < minimumCount)
{
var what = r.Remainder.AtEnd
? "end of input"
: r.Remainder.Current.ToString();
var msg = $"Unexpected '{what}'";
var exp = $"'{StringExtensions.Join(", ", r.Expectations)}' between {minimumCount} and {maximumCount} times, but found {n}";
return Result.Failure <IEnumerable <T> >(i, msg, new[] { exp });
}
if (!ReferenceEquals(remainder, r.Remainder))
{
result.Add(r.Value);
}
remainder = r.Remainder;
}
return Result.Success <IEnumerable <T> >(result, remainder);
});
}
/// <summary>
/// Parses a single character except for those in the given parameters
/// </summary>
/// <param name="c"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static Parser <char> CharExcept(IEnumerable <char> c)
{
var chars = c as char[] ?? c.ToArray();
return(CharExcept(chars.Contains, StringExtensions.Join("|", chars)));
}
/// <summary>
/// Parses a single character except for those in c
/// </summary>
/// <param name="c"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static Parser <char> CharExcept(string c)
{
return(CharExcept(c.ToEnumerable().Contains, StringExtensions.Join("|", c.ToEnumerable())));
}
/// <summary>
/// Parse a single character of any in c
/// </summary>
/// <param name="c"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static Parser <char> Chars(params char[] c)
{
return(Char(c.Contains, StringExtensions.Join("|", c)));
}