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<H2><A NAME="sec:4.12"><SPAN class="sec-nr">4.12</SPAN> <SPAN class="sec-title">DCG
Grammar rules</SPAN></A></H2>
<A NAME="sec:DCG"></A>
<P><A NAME="idx:DCG:582"></A>Grammar rules form a comfortable interface
to <EM>difference-lists</EM>. They are designed both to support writing
parsers that build a parse-tree from a list as for generating a flat
list from a term. Unfortunately, Definite Clause Grammar (DCG) handling
is not part of the Prolog standard. Most Prolog engines implement DCG,
but the details differ slightly.
<P>Grammar rules look like ordinary clauses using -->/2 for
separating the head and body rather than :-/2 . Expanding grammar rules
is done by <A NAME="idx:expandterm2:583"></A><A class="pred" href="consulting.html#expand_term/2">expand_term/2</A>,
which adds two additional argument to each term for representing the
difference list. We will illustrate the behaviour by defining a rule-set
for parsing an integer.
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integer(I) -->
digit(D0),
digits(D),
{ number_chars(I, [D0|D])
}.
digits([D|T]) -->
digit(D), !,
digits(T).
digits([]) -->
[].
digit(D) -->
[D],
{ code_type(D, digit)
}.
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<P>The body of a grammar rule can contain three types of terms. A
compound term interpreted as a reference to a grammar-rule. Code between
<CODE>{</CODE>...<CODE>}</CODE> is interpreted as a reference to
ordinary Prolog code and finally, a list is interpreted as a sequence of
literals. The Prolog control-constructs ( \+/1 , ->/2 , ;// 2, ,/2
and !/0 ) can be used in grammar rules.
<P>Grammar rule-sets are called using the built-in predicates <A NAME="idx:phrase2:584"></A><A class="pred" href="DCG.html#phrase/2">phrase/2</A>
and <A NAME="idx:phrase3:585"></A><A class="pred" href="DCG.html#phrase/3">phrase/3</A>:
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<DT class="pubdef"><A NAME="phrase/2"><STRONG>phrase</STRONG>(<VAR>+RuleSet,
+InputList</VAR>)</A></DT>
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Equivalent to <CODE>phrase(<VAR>RuleSet</VAR>, <VAR>InputList</VAR>, [])</CODE>.
</DD>
<DT class="pubdef"><A NAME="phrase/3"><STRONG>phrase</STRONG>(<VAR>+RuleSet,
+InputList, -Rest</VAR>)</A></DT>
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Activate the rule-set with given name. `InputList' is the list of tokens
to parse, `Rest' is unified with the remaining tokens if the sentence is
parsed correctly. The example below calls the rule-set `integer' defined
above.
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?- phrase(integer(X), "42 times", Rest).
X = 42
Rest = [32, 116, 105, 109, 101, 115]
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