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Attribute
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Description
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">ch</span></code>
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n/a
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Matches <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">ch</span></code>
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">char_</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">ch</span><span class="special">)</span></code>
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n/a
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Matches <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">ch</span></code>
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">str</span></code>
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n/a
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Matches regular expression <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">str</span></code>
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">str</span><span class="special">)</span></code>
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n/a
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Matches regular expression <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">str</span></code>
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">token_def</span><span class="special"><</span><span class="identifier">Attrib</span><span class="special">></span></code>
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Attrib</span></code>
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Matches the immediate argument
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">a</span> <span class="special">|</span>
<span class="identifier">b</span></code>
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n/a
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Matches any of the expressions <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">a</span></code>
or <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">b</span></code>
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<code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">l</span><span class="special">[</span><span class="identifier">fa</span><span class="special">]</span></code>
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Attribute of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">l</span></code>
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Call semantic action <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">fa</span></code>
(after matching <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">l</span></code>).
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The column <span class="emphasis"><em>Attribute</em></span> in the table above lists the
parser attribute exposed by the lexer component if it is used as a parser
(see Attribute). A 'n/a' in this columns means the lexer component is
not usable as a parser.
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