parser combinator: how to terminate repetition on keyword

Question

I\'m trying to figure out how to terminate a repetition of words using a keyword. An example:

class CAQueryLanguage extends JavaTokenParsers {
    def expres         


        

Answer 1

Is this what you are looking for?

import scala.util.parsing.combinator.syntactical._

object CAQuery extends StandardTokenParsers {
    lexical.reserved += ("START", "END")
    lexical.delimiters += (" ")

    def query:Parser[Any]= "START" ~> rep1(ident) <~ "END"

    def parse(s:String) = {
       val tokens = new lexical.Scanner(s)
       phrase(query)(tokens)
   }   
}

println(CAQuery.parse("""START a END"""))       //List(a)
println(CAQuery.parse("""START a b c END"""))   //List(a, b, c)

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