-- Write a many parser, with type Parser a -> Parser [a]. It should apply a -- parser until it fails. -- Control.Monad.Error is deprecated. Control.Monad.Except should be used -- instead. I modified the code from examples here to use it. {-- From examples/examples/ch19/ParseInt.hs and modified --} {-# LANGUAGE GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving #-} module Module_19_b_1 where import Control.Monad.Except import Control.Monad import Control.Monad.State import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as B data ParseError = NumericOverflow | EndOfInput | Chatty String deriving (Eq, Ord, Show) newtype Parser a = P { runP :: ExceptT ParseError (State B.ByteString) a } deriving (Functor, Applicative, Monad, MonadError ParseError) liftP :: State B.ByteString a -> Parser a liftP m = P (lift m) satisfy :: (Char -> Bool) -> Parser Char satisfy p = do s <- liftP get case B.uncons s of Nothing -> throwError EndOfInput Just (c, s') | p c -> liftP (put s') >> return c | otherwise -> throwError (Chatty "satisfy failed") runParser :: Parser a -> B.ByteString -> Either ParseError (a, B.ByteString) runParser p bs = case runState (runExceptT (runP p)) bs of (Left err, _) -> Left err (Right r, bs) -> Right (r, bs) optional :: Parser a -> Parser (Maybe a) optional p = (Just `liftM` p) `catchError` \_ -> return Nothing {-- End of code from examples --} many :: Parser a -> Parser [a] many p = ((:) <$> p <*> many p) `catchError` \_ -> return [] -- ghci> :l Module_19_b_1.hs -- [1 of 1] Compiling Module_19_b_1 ( Module_19_b_1.hs, interpreted ) -- Ok, one module loaded. -- ghci> :m +Data.Char -- ghci> runParser (many (satisfy isDigit)) (B.pack "") -- Right ("","") -- ghci> runParser (many (satisfy isDigit)) (B.pack "abc") -- Right ("","abc") -- ghci> runParser (many (satisfy isDigit)) (B.pack "9abc") -- Right ("9","abc") -- ghci> runParser (many (satisfy isDigit)) (B.pack "987abc") -- Right ("987","abc") -- ghci> runParser (many (satisfy isDigit)) (B.pack "x987abc") -- Right ("","x987abc")