Function nom::combinator::opt

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pub fn opt<I: Clone, O, E: ParseError<I>, F>(
    f: F,
) -> impl FnMut(I) -> IResult<I, Option<O>, E>
where
    F: Parser<I, O, E>,
Expand description

Optional parser, will return None on Err::Error.

To chain an error up, see cut.

use nom::combinator::opt;
use nom::character::complete::alpha1;

fn parser(i: &str) -> IResult<&str, Option<&str>> {
  opt(alpha1)(i)
}

assert_eq!(parser("abcd;"), Ok((";", Some("abcd"))));
assert_eq!(parser("123;"), Ok(("123;", None)));