[antlr-interest] Re: Regular expression "repetition"

[Monty Zukowski]

> Thanks jbb,
>
> This will probably do when the number of repetitions are low - but I
> am facing a problem with r{0,63} and I hope there is another way :-)

ANTLR doesn't support counting grammatically.  You need to write 
semantic predicates to do that.  Take a look at the FAQ.  It's probably 
in there.  Basically you use action code to set and increment a 
counter.
>
>
> --- In antlr-interest at yahoogroups.com, jbb at a... wrote:
>> how about:
>>
>> r r ( r ( r ( r )? )? )?
>>
>> Hope this helps...
>> 	-jbb
>
> /Per
>



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