Elm Parser cannot Return String Inside Curly Braces

Question

I am new to the Elm parser library and I am trying to make a move away from using regex. I need to parse a string and return a list of strings for each string inside double curly braces like so {{return this}} I am using the Parser.sequence function and this is my code

block : Parser (List String) 
block = 
  Parser.sequence
    { start = "{{"
    , separator = ""
    , end = "}}"
    , spaces = spaces
    , item = getSource
    , trailing = Optional
    }

My question is, What should I do in the item field to return the string in between the curly braces. Thanks!

Answer 1

What about creating your own parser for a word?

word : Parser String
word =
  getChompedString <|
    succeed ()
      |. chompIf Char.isAlphaNum
      |. chompWhile Char.isAlphaNum

It actually chomps alphanum characters, so {{return textABC123}} will result as Ok ["return","textASD234"]. For {{return text}} Char.isLower is sufficient.

Then you can use it in sequence instead of getSource (since getSource also chomps } characters, which is not suitable in the current situation):

block : Parser (List String) 
block = 
  Parser.sequence
    { start = "{{"
    , separator = ""
    , end = "}}"
    , spaces = spaces
    , item = word
    , trailing = Optional
    }

Here is an ellie-app example, which demonstrates it.