From: Ken Bloom <kbloom@...>
Date: 2008-04-26T02:40:08+09:00
Subject: Re: Code Parsing

On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:58:49 -0500, Rodrigo Bermejo wrote:

> Dear ruby-list /.
> 
> I have a text I file where I need to parse out all Table data-text
> similar to the one below.
> ------------
> more code
> ...
>  Table MyTable (real a, real b) {
> 
>     settings="default";
>     a= 0 {
>       max= { 0,0,0,0}
>       mix = { 0,0,0,0}
>     }
>     b= 1 {
>       max= { 0,0,0,0}
>       mix = { 0,0,0,0}
>     }
>     c= 2 {
>       max= { 0,0,0,0}
>       mix = { 0,0,0,0}
>     }
>     d= 3 {
>       max= { 0,0,0,0}
>       mix = { 0,0,0,0}
>     }
>   }
> 
> ...
> more code
> ------
> 
> The table code could have different number of elements (a,b,c,d). I know
> one approach would be to count the number of brackets found until you
> match your 1st bracket.
> I suspect there can be many elegant solutions to this problem , so any
> charming idea/solution is very welcomed.
> 
> -ronnie bermejo.

Ruby Quiz #155 Parsing JSON (http://www.rubyquiz.com/quiz155.html) dealt 
with this. Look there to see whether there are any good ideas there. If 
this isn't JSON, then your best bet may be to learn how to use a CFG 
parser.



-- 
Ken (Chanoch) Bloom. PhD candidate. Linguistic Cognition Laboratory.
Department of Computer Science. Illinois Institute of Technology.
http://www.iit.edu/~kbloom1/