Re: LPeg: named captures within a named capture ?

[Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@...>]

> > space = P" "^0
> > token = (R"az")^1
> > header = Cg(token, "first") * space * Cg(token, "second")
> > headerRedundant = Ct(#Cg(header, "whole") * header)
> 
> Hello lpeg folks, the proposed code does not return the wanted result.

Predicates (or look aheads) do not produce captures.


> Expected:
> {
>     first = 'x',
>     second = 'y',
>     whole = 'x y'
> }
> 
> Any idea how to achieve the expected results?

I do not think this is possible without some external processing. (It
would be easier if you give up the keys.)

-- Roberto