{- CIS 194 HW 10
   due Thursday, 29 March
-}

module AParser where

import Control.Applicative

import Data.Char

-- A parser for a value of type a is a function which takes a String
-- represnting the input to be parsed, and succeeds or fails; if it
-- succeeds, it returns the parsed value along with the remainder of
-- the input.
newtype Parser a = Parser { runParser :: String -> Maybe (a, String) }

-- For example, 'satisfy' takes a predicate on Char, and constructs a
-- parser which succeeds only if it sees a Char that satisfies the
-- predicate (which it then returns).  If it encounters a Char that
-- does not satisfy the predicate (or an empty input), it fails.
satisfy :: (Char -> Bool) -> Parser Char
satisfy p = Parser f
  where
    f [] = Nothing    -- fail on the empty input
    f (x:xs)          -- check if x satisfies the predicate
                        -- if so, return x along with the remainder
                        -- of the input (that is, xs)
        | p x       = Just (x, xs)
        | otherwise = Nothing  -- otherwise, fail

-- Using satisfy, we can define the parser 'char c' which expects to
-- see exactly the character c, and fails otherwise.
char :: Char -> Parser Char
char c = satisfy (== c)

{- For example:

*Parser> runParser (satisfy isUpper) "ABC"
Just ('A',"BC")
*Parser> runParser (satisfy isUpper) "abc"
Nothing
*Parser> runParser (char 'x') "xyz"
Just ('x',"yz")

-}

-- For convenience, we've also provided a parser for positive
-- integers.
posInt :: Parser Integer
posInt = Parser f
  where
    f xs
      | null ns   = Nothing
      | otherwise = Just (read ns, rest)
      where (ns, rest) = span isDigit xs

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--  Exercise #1: Functor instance for Parser
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--  Exercise #2: Applicative instance for Parser
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--  Exercise #3: Alternative instance for Parser
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--  Exercise #4: Parsing repetitions
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--  Exercise #5: Utilities
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