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yrl means yecc rule list.
yrl means yecc rule list.
We can parse simple a simple xhtml file using yecc.
We can parse simple a simple xhtml file using yecc.
(Of course a more powerful way to xml in erlang is xmerl)
(Of course a more powerful way to do xml in erlang is xmerl)


html.yrl source:
html.yrl source:

Revision as of 12:46, 1 May 2008

Making Parsers with yecc

Yecc is an erlang version of yacc.

We have a BNF grammar in a source file ending in .yrl yrl means yecc rule list. We can parse simple a simple xhtml file using yecc. (Of course a more powerful way to do xml in erlang is xmerl)

html.yrl source:

Nonterminals tag elements element start_tag end_tag .
Terminals 'atom' '<' '>' '/'.
Rootsymbol tag.
tag -> 
	start_tag tag end_tag : 
	['$1', '$2', '$3'].
tag -> 
	start_tag tag tag end_tag : 
	['$1', '$2', '$3', '$4'].
tag -> 
	start_tag elements end_tag : 
	['$1', {'contents','$2'}, '$3'].   
tag -> 
	start_tag end_tag : 
	['$1','$2'].
start_tag -> '<' 'atom' '>' : {'open','$2'}.   
end_tag -> '<' '/' 'atom' '>' : {'close','$3'}.   
elements -> element : ['$1'].
elements -> element elements : ['$1', '$2'].
element -> atom : '$1'.
% yecc:yecc("html.yrl","html_parser.erl").
% c(html_parser).
% f(B), {_,B,_} =  
% erl_scan:string(
% "<html><head></head><body>hello_world</body></html>").
% html_parser:parse(B).