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nom::take! [−] [src]

macro_rules! take(
  ($i:expr, $count:expr) => (
    {
      if $i.len() < $count {
        $crate::IResult::Incomplete($crate::Needed::Size($count))
      } else {
        $crate::IResult::Done(&$i[$count..],&$i[0..$count])
      }
    }
  );
);

generates a parser consuming the specified number of bytes

 // Desmond parser
 named!(take5, take!( 5 ) );

 let a = b"abcdefgh";

 assert_eq!(take5(&a[..]), Done(&b"fgh"[..], &b"abcde"[..]));