I am just getting started with Parse::RecDescent, a powerful mind bender if there ever was one, to build a parser for a somewhat obscure language and am a bit flummoxed at the first hurdle.

Like many languages, semicolons separate statements. However, there may be semicolons in quotes; e.g.,: 

This is a statement ; Another statement ;
A statement "with a quoted ';'" ;

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I am inclined to start with something like 
startrule: statement(s /;/)

statement: ...

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but am stuck on how to elegantly handle the quoting issues. Does one need to resort to a big, nasty regex or is there a more elegant way?

I've taken a look at resources such as the Parse::RecDescent Tutorial but haven't been able to find an answer. This seems the kind of thing that P::RD monks would have encountered on many an occasion.

In reply to Parsing Statements with Quotes in Parse::RecDescent by Starky

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