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+<h1>Module <code>pl.sip</code></h1>
+<p>Simple Input Patterns (SIP).</p>
+<p> SIP patterns start with '$', then a
+ one-letter type, and then an optional variable in curly braces.</p>
+
+
+<pre>
+sip.match(<span class="string">'$v=$q'</span>,<span class="string">'name="dolly"'</span>,res)
+==&gt; res=={<span class="string">'name'</span>,<span class="string">'dolly'</span>}
+sip.match(<span class="string">'($q{first},$q{second})'</span>,<span class="string">'("john","smith")'</span>,res)
+==&gt; res=={second=<span class="string">'smith'</span>,first=<span class="string">'john'</span>}
+</pre>
+
+<p> Type names:</p>
+
+
+<pre>
+v identifier
+i integer
+f floating-point
+q quoted <span class="global">string</span>
+([{&lt; match up to closing bracket
+</pre>
+
+<p> See <a href="../manual/08-additional.md.html#Simple_Input_Patterns">the Guide</a></p>
+
+
+<h2><a href="#Functions">Functions</a></h2>
+<table class="function_list">
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#create_pattern">create_pattern (spec, options)</a></td>
+ <td class="summary">convert a SIP pattern into the equivalent Lua string pattern.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#compile">compile (spec, options)</a></td>
+ <td class="summary">convert a SIP pattern into a matching function.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#match">match (spec, line, res, options)</a></td>
+ <td class="summary">match a SIP pattern against a string.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#match_at_start">match_at_start (spec, line, res)</a></td>
+ <td class="summary">match a SIP pattern against the start of a string.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#fields">fields (spec, f)</a></td>
+ <td class="summary">given a pattern and a file object, return an iterator over the results</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#pattern">pattern (spec, fun)</a></td>
+ <td class="summary">register a match which will be used in the read function.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td class="name" nowrap><a href="#read">read (f, matches)</a></td>
+ <td class="summary">enter a loop which applies all registered matches to the input file.</td>
+ </tr>
+</table>
+
+<br/>
+<br/>
+
+
+ <h2 class="section-header "><a name="Functions"></a>Functions</h2>
+
+ <dl class="function">
+ <dt>
+ <a name = "create_pattern"></a>
+ <strong>create_pattern (spec, options)</strong>
+ </dt>
+ <dd>
+ convert a SIP pattern into the equivalent Lua string pattern.
+
+
+ <h3>Parameters:</h3>
+ <ul>
+ <li><span class="parameter">spec</span>
+ a SIP pattern
+ </li>
+ <li><span class="parameter">options</span>
+ a table; only the <code>at_start</code> field is
+ currently meaningful and ensures that the pattern is anchored
+ at the start of the string.
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <h3>Returns:</h3>
+ <ol>
+
+ a Lua string pattern.
+ </ol>
+
+
+
+
+</dd>
+ <dt>
+ <a name = "compile"></a>
+ <strong>compile (spec, options)</strong>
+ </dt>
+ <dd>
+ convert a SIP pattern into a matching function.
+ The returned function takes two arguments, the line and an empty table.
+ If the line matched the pattern, then this function returns true
+ and the table is filled with field-value pairs.
+
+
+ <h3>Parameters:</h3>
+ <ul>
+ <li><span class="parameter">spec</span>
+ a SIP pattern
+ </li>
+ <li><span class="parameter">options</span>
+ optional table; {at_start=true} ensures that the pattern
+ is anchored at the start of the string.
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <h3>Returns:</h3>
+ <ol>
+
+ a function if successful, or nil,error
+ </ol>
+
+
+
+
+</dd>
+ <dt>
+ <a name = "match"></a>
+ <strong>match (spec, line, res, options)</strong>
+ </dt>
+ <dd>
+ match a SIP pattern against a string.
+
+
+ <h3>Parameters:</h3>
+ <ul>
+ <li><span class="parameter">spec</span>
+ a SIP pattern
+ </li>
+ <li><span class="parameter">line</span>
+ a string
+ </li>
+ <li><span class="parameter">res</span>
+ a table to receive values
+ </li>
+ <li><span class="parameter">options</span>
+ (optional) option table
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <h3>Returns:</h3>
+ <ol>
+
+ true or false
+ </ol>
+
+
+
+
+</dd>
+ <dt>
+ <a name = "match_at_start"></a>
+ <strong>match_at_start (spec, line, res)</strong>
+ </dt>
+ <dd>
+ match a SIP pattern against the start of a string.
+
+
+ <h3>Parameters:</h3>
+ <ul>
+ <li><span class="parameter">spec</span>
+ a SIP pattern
+ </li>
+ <li><span class="parameter">line</span>
+ a string
+ </li>
+ <li><span class="parameter">res</span>
+ a table to receive values
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <h3>Returns:</h3>
+ <ol>
+
+ true or false
+ </ol>
+
+
+
+
+</dd>
+ <dt>
+ <a name = "fields"></a>
+ <strong>fields (spec, f)</strong>
+ </dt>
+ <dd>
+ given a pattern and a file object, return an iterator over the results
+
+
+ <h3>Parameters:</h3>
+ <ul>
+ <li><span class="parameter">spec</span>
+ a SIP pattern
+ </li>
+ <li><span class="parameter">f</span>
+ a file-like object.
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+
+
+
+
+
+</dd>
+ <dt>
+ <a name = "pattern"></a>
+ <strong>pattern (spec, fun)</strong>
+ </dt>
+ <dd>
+ register a match which will be used in the read function.
+
+
+ <h3>Parameters:</h3>
+ <ul>
+ <li><span class="parameter">spec</span>
+ <span class="types"><a class="type" href="https://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#5.4">string</a></span>
+ a SIP pattern
+ </li>
+ <li><span class="parameter">fun</span>
+ <span class="types"><span class="type">func</span></span>
+ a function to be called with the results of the match
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+
+
+
+ <h3>See also:</h3>
+ <ul>
+ <a href="../libraries/pl.sip.html#read">read</a>
+ </ul>
+
+
+</dd>
+ <dt>
+ <a name = "read"></a>
+ <strong>read (f, matches)</strong>
+ </dt>
+ <dd>
+ enter a loop which applies all registered matches to the input file.
+
+
+ <h3>Parameters:</h3>
+ <ul>
+ <li><span class="parameter">f</span>
+ a file-like object
+ </li>
+ <li><span class="parameter">matches</span>
+ <span class="types"><span class="type">array</span></span>
+ optional list of <code>{spec,fun}</code> pairs, as for <a href="../libraries/pl.sip.html#pattern">pattern</a> above.
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+
+
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