Best Practices

The following steps and methods are helpful in writing robust pyparsing parsers.

(Under construction - more details to follow)

• Write a BNF
• Use results names
• Use parse actions
• Use pre-defined expressions
• Prefer Keywords over Literals
• Test your parser in pieces
• Test your parser using runTests()
• View your parsed results using pprint() and dump()

Write a BNF

Use results names

Use parse actions

Use pre-defined expressions

Prefer Keywords over Literals

Test your parser in pieces

Test your parser using runTests()

View your parsed results using pprint() and dump()