# # builtin_parse_action_demo.py # Copyright, 2012 - Paul McGuire # # Simple example of using builtin functions as parse actions. # import pyparsing as pp ppc = pp.common # make an expression that will match a list of ints (which # will be converted to actual ints by the parse action attached # to integer) nums = ppc.integer[...] test = "2 54 34 2 211 66 43 2 0" print(test) # try each of these builtins as parse actions for fn in (sum, max, min, len, sorted, reversed, list, tuple, set, any, all): if fn is reversed: # reversed returns an iterator, we really want to show the list of items fn = lambda x: list(reversed(x)) # show how each builtin works as a free-standing parse action print(fn.__name__, nums.set_parse_action(fn).parse_string(test))