XmParseTable(3X) UNIX System V XmParseTable(3X)
NAME
XmParseTable - Data type for a compound string parse table
SYNOPSIS
#include <Xm/Xm.h>
VERSION
This page documents Motif 2.1.
DESCRIPTION
XmParseTable is the data type for an array of parse mappings
(objects of type XmParseMapping).
A parse table is used by some routines that parse and
unparse compound strings. The table is an ordered list of
parse mappings. A parsing routine that uses a parse table
scans the input text and searches the parse mappings, in
order, for one containing a pattern that matches the input
text. The matching parse mapping supplies a compound string
to be included in the compound string under construction.
An unparsing routine that uses a parse table searches the
parse mappings, in order, for one containing a compound
string that matches the input compound string. The
unparsing routine can then include the parse mapping's text
pattern in the output text under construction.
RELATED
XmParseMapping(3), XmParseTableFree(3), and XmString(3).
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