#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Test::More tests => 5; use Parse::RecDescent (); my $p = Parse::RecDescent->new(<<'__END_OF_GRAMMAR__'); { use strict; use warnings; } parse : rec /\Z/ { $item[1] } rec : POS_INT rec_list[ $item[1] ] { [ $item[0] => $item[2] ] } rec_list : { $arg[0] == 0 ? [] : undef } | ELEM rec_list[ $arg[0]-1 ] { [ $item[1], @{$item[2]} ] } POS_INT : /\d+/ ELEM : /\S+/ __END_OF_GRAMMAR__ ok($p->parse('0')); ok($p->parse('1 foo')); ok($p->parse('2 foo bar')); ok(!$p->parse('1')); ok(!$p->parse('1 foo bar'));