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To use the `pegjs` command, install PEG.js globally:
$ npm install -g pegjs
```console
$ npm install -g pegjs
```
To use the JavaScript API, install PEG.js locally:
$ npm install pegjs
```console
$ npm install pegjs
```
If you need both the `pegjs` command and the JavaScript API, install PEG.js both
ways.
@ -51,7 +55,9 @@ ways.
[Download](http://pegjs.org/#download) the PEG.js library (regular or minified
version) or install it using Bower:
$ bower install pegjs
```console
$ bower install pegjs
```
Generating a Parser
-------------------
@ -64,12 +70,16 @@ input). Generated parser itself is a JavaScript object with a simple API.
To generate a parser from your grammar, use the `pegjs` command:
$ pegjs arithmetics.pegjs
```console
$ pegjs arithmetics.pegjs
```
This writes parser source code into a file with the same name as the grammar
file but with “.js” extension. You can also specify the output file explicitly:
$ pegjs arithmetics.pegjs arithmetics-parser.js
```console
$ pegjs arithmetics.pegjs arithmetics-parser.js
```
If you omit both input and output file, standard input and output are used.
@ -96,7 +106,9 @@ You can tweak the generated parser with several options:
In Node.js, require the PEG.js parser generator module:
var peg = require("pegjs");
```javascript
var peg = require("pegjs");
```
In browser, include the PEG.js library in your web page or application using the
`<script>` tag. If PEG.js detects an AMD loader, it will define itself as a
@ -105,7 +117,9 @@ module, otherwise the API will be available in the `peg` global object.
To generate a parser, call the `peg.generate` method and pass your grammar as a
parameter:
var parser = peg.generate("start = ('a' / 'b')+");
```javascript
var parser = peg.generate("start = ('a' / 'b')+");
```
The method will return generated parser object or its source code as a string
(depending on the value of the `output` option — see below). It will throw an
@ -144,9 +158,11 @@ value depends on the grammar used to generate the parser) or throw an exception
if the input is invalid. The exception will contain `location`, `expected` and
`message` properties with more details about the error.
parser.parse("abba"); // returns ["a", "b", "b", "a"]
```javascript
parser.parse("abba"); // returns ["a", "b", "b", "a"]
parser.parse("abcd"); // throws an exception
parser.parse("abcd"); // throws an exception
```
You can tweak parser behavior by passing a second parameter with an options
object to the `parse` method. The following options are supported:
@ -166,23 +182,25 @@ ignores whitespace between tokens. You can also use JavaScript-style comments
Let's look at example grammar that recognizes simple arithmetic expressions like
`2*(3+4)`. A parser generated from this grammar computes their values.
start
= additive
```pegjs
start
= additive
additive
= left:multiplicative "+" right:additive { return left + right; }
/ multiplicative
additive
= left:multiplicative "+" right:additive { return left + right; }
/ multiplicative
multiplicative
= left:primary "*" right:multiplicative { return left * right; }
/ primary
multiplicative
= left:primary "*" right:multiplicative { return left * right; }
/ primary
primary
= integer
/ "(" additive:additive ")" { return additive; }
primary
= integer
/ "(" additive:additive ")" { return additive; }
integer "integer"
= digits:[0-9]+ { return parseInt(digits.join(""), 10); }
integer "integer"
= digits:[0-9]+ { return parseInt(digits.join(""), 10); }
```
On the top level, the grammar consists of *rules* (in our example, there are
five of them). Each rule has a *name* (e.g. `integer`) that identifies the rule,
@ -209,29 +227,31 @@ passed to the parser using the `options` variable. Curly braces in the
initializer code must be balanced. Let's look at the example grammar from above
using a simple initializer.
{
function makeInteger(o) {
return parseInt(o.join(""), 10);
}
}
```pegjs
{
function makeInteger(o) {
return parseInt(o.join(""), 10);
}
}
start
= additive
start
= additive
additive
= left:multiplicative "+" right:additive { return left + right; }
/ multiplicative
additive
= left:multiplicative "+" right:additive { return left + right; }
/ multiplicative
multiplicative
= left:primary "*" right:multiplicative { return left * right; }
/ primary
multiplicative
= left:primary "*" right:multiplicative { return left * right; }
/ primary
primary
= integer
/ "(" additive:additive ")" { return additive; }
primary
= integer
/ "(" additive:additive ")" { return additive; }
integer "integer"
= digits:[0-9]+ { return makeInteger(digits); }
integer "integer"
= digits:[0-9]+ { return makeInteger(digits); }
```
The parsing expressions of the rules are used to match the input text to the
grammar. There are various types of expressions — matching characters or
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The code inside the predicate can also access location information using the
`location` function. It returns an object like this:
{
start: { offset: 23, line: 5, column: 6 },
end: { offset: 23, line: 5, column: 6 }
}
```javascript
{
start: { offset: 23, line: 5, column: 6 },
end: { offset: 23, line: 5, column: 6 }
}
```
The `start` and `end` properties both refer to the current parse position. The
`offset` property contains an offset as a zero-based index and `line` and
@ -369,10 +391,12 @@ the initializer at the beginning of the grammar.
The code inside the predicate can also access location information using the
`location` function. It returns an object like this:
{
start: { offset: 23, line: 5, column: 6 },
end: { offset: 23, line: 5, column: 6 }
}
```javascript
{
start: { offset: 23, line: 5, column: 6 },
end: { offset: 23, line: 5, column: 6 }
}
```
The `start` and `end` properties both refer to the current parse position. The
`offset` property contains an offset as a zero-based index and `line` and
@ -434,10 +458,12 @@ using the `text` function.
The code inside the action can also access location information using the
`location` function. It returns an object like this:
{
start: { offset: 23, line: 5, column: 6 },
end: { offset: 25, line: 5, column: 8 }
}
```javascript
{
start: { offset: 23, line: 5, column: 6 },
end: { offset: 25, line: 5, column: 8 }
}
```
The `start` property refers to the position at the beginning of the expression,
the `end` property refers to position after the end of the expression. The

@ -13,11 +13,15 @@ All commands in the following steps need to be executed in PEG.js root directory
1. Install all PEG.js dependencies, including development ones:
$ npm install
```console
$ npm install
```
2. Execute the benchmark suite:
$ make spec
```console
$ make spec
```
3. Wait for results.
@ -31,15 +35,21 @@ All commands in the following steps need to be executed in PEG.js root directory
2. Install all PEG.js dependencies, including development ones:
$ npm install
```console
$ npm install
```
3. Build browser version of PEG.js:
$ make browser
```console
$ make browser
```
4. Serve PEG.js root directory using a web server:
$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer
```console
$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer
```
5. Point your browser to the [benchmark suite](http://localhost:8000/benchmark/index.html).

@ -12,11 +12,15 @@ All commands in the following steps need to be executed in PEG.js root directory
1. Install all PEG.js dependencies, including development ones:
$ npm install
```console
$ npm install
```
2. Execute the spec suite:
$ make spec
```console
$ make spec
```
3. Watch the specs pass (or fail).
@ -30,15 +34,21 @@ All commands in the following steps need to be executed in PEG.js root directory
2. Install all PEG.js dependencies, including development ones:
$ npm install
```console
$ npm install
```
3. Build browser version of PEG.js:
$ make browser
```console
$ make browser
```
4. Serve PEG.js root directory using a web server:
$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer
```console
$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer
```
5. Point your browser to the [spec suite](http://localhost:8000/spec/index.html).

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