|scanTokenToChar

Function: |scanTokenToChar { [mss char quote] -> [mss bytestart bytestop lineloc] }

file: job.t
package: muf
status: alpha

The |scanTokenToChar function reads token chars from message stream mss until it finds a char char (which is included in the token). If quote is not nil, it is a quote char (typically backslash), and char terminates the token only if not preceded by an unquoted quote.

The |scanTokenToChar function returns lineloc, the line on which the token began (for diagnostic purposes). The remaining arguments may be passed to |readTokenChars to obtain the actual chars in the token. (These are sometimes unwanted, for example in comment tokens.)

The terminating character is included in the token.

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