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Kevin Krumwiede wrote:

>I am working on a program to capture data from a MUD (actually, TW2002).
> I've looked at the source for a couple parsers, including one made
>specifically for that game, but because they are generated code I'm
>having a lot of difficulty understanding how they work.  
>
>The gist of what I do understand is this (and somebody please tell me if
>I'm wrong): parsers generally take a string of text and return a numeric
>code signifying what pattern (if any) the text matches.  A program can
>then use that code to decide how to process the text.  I assume that
>sophisticated parsers take into account the preceding context of the
>text when evaluating its pattern.
>
>I am completely lost when it comes to the input languages of parser
>generators.  Anyone know of a good tutorial?
>
>Thanks,
>Krum
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