LIB$TABLE_PARSE

   The Table-Driven Finite-State Parser routine is a general-
   purpose, table-driven parser implemented as a finite-state
   automaton, with extensions that make it suitable for a wide
   range of applications. It parses a string and returns a message
   indicating whether or not the input string is valid.

   LIB$T[ABLE_]PARSE is called with the address of an argument
   block, the address of a state table, and the address of a keyword
   table. The input string is specified as part of the argument
   block.

   The LIB$ facility supports the following two versions of the
   Table-Driven Finite-State Parser:

   LIB$TPARSE       Available on VAX systems.
                    LIB$TPARSE is available on Alpha and I64
                    systems in translated form. In this form, it
                    is applicable to translated VAX images only.
   LIB$TABLE_PARSE  Available on VAX, Alpha, and I64 systems.

   LIB$TPARSE and LIB$TABLE_PARSE differ mainly in the way they pass
   arguments to action routines.

   The term LIB$T[ABLE_]PARSE is used here to describe concepts that
   apply to both LIB$TPARSE and LIB$TABLE_PARSE.

   Format

     LIB$TPARSE/LIB$TABLE_PARSE  argument-block ,state-table

                                 ,key-table
 

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Returns         Arguments