[antlr-interest] Allowing Space characters in string literals under certain circumstances

[Matt Benson]

IIRC, the usual advice here is to switch lexers or
lexer states...

-Matt

--- Ron Denis <rdenisus at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I need the ability to allow space characters inside
> a string literal (not at
> the beginning or end of the literal, only
> internally).  But I need to ignore
> the space as simply whitespace otherwise.
> 
>  
> 
> So, I need to be able to parse:
> 
>  
> 
> = Ron Denis
> 
>  
> 
> But the space before Ron and any spaces after Denis
> are ignored but the
> space between Ron and Denis is part of the string
> literal.  So the token
> will be "Ron Denis".
> 
>  
> 
> Is this possible?
> 
>  
> 
> Ron Denis
> 
> Systems Architect
> 
> FEI.Com
> 
>  
> 
> > BEGIN:VCARD
> VERSION:2.1
> N:Denis;Ron
> FN:rdenisus at yahoo.com
> ORG:Independant Consultant
> TITLE:Systems Architect
> TEL;WORK;VOICE:(410) 712-0590 x26
> TEL;HOME;VOICE:(717) 235-0415
> TEL;CELL;VOICE:(717) 515-5769
> EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:rdenisus at yahoo.com
> REV:20031215T193956Z
> END:VCARD
> 


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