examples/c++/simple.yy

%require "3.2"
%language "c++"

%define api.value.type variant

%code
{
  // Print a list of strings.
  auto
  operator<< (std::ostream& o, const std::vector<std::string>& ss)
    -> std::ostream&
  {
    o << '{';
    const char *sep = "";
    for (const auto& s: ss)
      {
        o << sep << s;
        sep = ", ";
      }
    return o << '}';
  }
}

%define api.token.constructor

%token END_OF_FILE 0

%code
{
  namespace yy
  {
    // Return the next token.
    auto yylex () -> parser::symbol_type
    {
      static int count = 0;
      switch (int stage = count++)
        {
        case 0:
          return parser::make_TEXT ("I have three numbers for you.");
        case 1: case 2: case 3:
          return parser::make_NUMBER (stage);
        case 4:
          return parser::make_TEXT ("And that's all!");
        default:
          return parser::make_END_OF_FILE ();
        }
    }
  }
}
%%
result:
  list  { std::cout << $1 << '\n'; }
;

%nterm <std::vector<std::string>> list;
list:
  %empty     { /* Generates an empty string list */ }
| list item  { $$ = $1; $$.push_back ($2); }
;

%nterm <std::string> item;
%token <std::string> TEXT;
%token <int> NUMBER;
item:
  TEXT
| NUMBER  { $$ = std::to_string ($1); }
;
%%
namespace yy
{
  // Report an error to the user.
  auto parser::error (const std::string& msg) -> void
  {
    std::cerr << msg << '\n';
  }
}

int main ()
{
  yy::parser parse;
  return parse ();
}