I'm using SimpleParse in a Python program in order to parse some rather simple linguistics. It should be able to parse the following sample text (each line separately):
d6
(d4 + d8 + 5) + 6
{5d20}+12
[d10 + 6d6] + 9
(d10 + d12) + 8d8
I've written up the following EBNF for the above, but the parser keeps crashing on me, even on the simple case of "d6":
# 'number' is already predefined in SimpleParse to parse exactly what you think it will parse
root := roll
roll := space,operations,space
operations := function+
function := ((dice,op,function)/(grouping,op,function)/(function,op,grouping))/(dice/grouping/constant) #just to clarify, the '/' is a FirstOf operator
constant := number
grouping := ([[(],operations,[])])/'{',dice,'}'
dice := number?,[dD],number
op := space,[-+],space
space := [ \t]*
I'm beginning to wonder if maybe I've gotten the logic in my EBNF wrong somewhere.
EDIT: For the curious, here is what the final EBNF looks like:
roll := space,operations,space
operations := function
function := (dice,op,operations)/(grouping,op,operations)/dice/constant/grouping
constant := number
grouping := ('(',operations,')')/('{',dice,'}')/('[',operations,']')
dice := number?,[dD],number
op := space,[-+],space
space := [ \t]*
You haven't defined number
, and I don't see it predefined in the docs.