Well, looking at this now, this is far too complicated. Just do:
expression : NUMBER MONETARY_SYMBOL (MEASUREMENT_SYMBOL)? ;
MONETARY_SYMBOL
: SYMBOL
;
MEASUREMENT_SYMBOL
: '/' SYMBOL { /* A little bit of Java code that strips the leading '/' }
;
fragment SYMBOL : A-Z A-Z A-Z ;
- Oliver
2008/12/31 Oliver Zeigermann <oliver.zeigerm...@gmail.com>:
> Hi Mats!
>
> If you really need to distinguish monetary from measurement unit in
> the _lexer_ - which I doubt for the same reasons as the others
> answering - you could add a semantic predicate.
>
> Modifying Jared's grammar might lead to this:
>
> @lexer::members {
> protected boolean isMonetarySymbol = true;
> }
>
>
> expression : NUMBER MONETARY_SYMBOL (SLASH MEASUREMENT_SYMBOL)? ;
>
> SLASH : '/' { isMonetarySymbol = false; };
>
> MONETARY_SYMBOL
> : {isMonetarySymbol}? SYMBOL
> ;
>
> MEASUREMENT_SYMBOL
> : {!isMonetarySymbol}? SYMBOL { isMonetarySymbol = true; }
> ;
>
> fragment SYMBOL : A-Z A-Z A-Z ;
>
>
> Be careful to set the predicate in the lexer, though!
>
> Oliver
>
> 2008/12/29 Jared Bunting <jared.bunt...@peachjean.com>:
>> If the three-letter words can be anything, can you just define one token
>> that matches 3 uppercase letters? Your parser should be able to tell
>> what's what based on context.
>>
>> maybe something like this?
>>
>> expression : NUMBER SYMBOL ('/' SYMBOL)? ;
>>
>> SYMBOL : A-Z A-Z A-Z ;
>>
>> -Jared
>>
>> Mats Ekberg wrote:
>>> Ok, maybe I was a bit unsharp.
>>> Monetary units are expressed as three-letter words; EUR GBP and so on.
>>> Measurement unitts are also expressed with three letters; TNE KGM and
>>> so on.
>>>
>>> The only way to know which is which is where the three letters are
>>> located. In one location its a monetary and another its a measurement.
>>>
>>> ok?
>>>
>>> regards
>>> mats
>>>
>>> mån 2008-12-29 klockan 08:10 -0600 skrev Gary R. Van Sickle:
>>>> > From: Mats Ekberg
>>>> >
>>>> > Lets say a three letter word in uppercase can mean one of two
>>>> > tings like:
>>>> >
>>>> > 10 EUR
>>>> > where EUR means a monetary unit
>>>> >
>>>> > 10 EUR / TNE
>>>> > where EUR still means a monetary unit but the three letters
>>>> > TNE now means a measurement uniot.
>>>> >
>>>> > How can that be expressed in a grammar??
>>>> >
>>>> > /mats
>>>>
>>>> Your question must be missing some information, because what you're asking
>>>> is the most basic of lexing/parsing issues:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Lexer does something like this:
>>>>
>>>> NUMBER : [0..9]+ ;
>>>>
>>>> EUR : 'EUR' ;
>>>>
>>>> TNE : 'TNE' ;
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Parser does something like this:
>>>>
>>>> num_with_monetary_unit_and_optional_per_unit
>>>> : NUMBER monetary_unit ('/' measurement_unit)?
>>>> ;
>>>>
>>>> monetary_unit
>>>> : EUR
>>>> | <<whatever other monies you support>>
>>>> ;
>>>>
>>>> measurement_unit
>>>> : TNE
>>>> | <<whatever other measurement units you support>>
>>>> ;
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> But was that really your question?
>>>>
>>>>
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