---
name: "Parse.string"
section: "3kaya"
platform: "linux"
package: "kaya"
version: "0.4.4-6.2"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Parse.string"
---

# Parse.string(3kaya)

Parse to match a predicate.

## NAME

Parse::string - Parse to match a predicate.

## SYNOPSIS

**String string(** *Bool(String) strfun, var ParseState st* **)**

## ARGUMENTS

**strfun** The predicate function, which should return true if the String matches

**st** The current parsing state

## DESCRIPTION

Parse a string matching a predicate. The string will be formed from the contiguous set of non-whitespace characters at the start of the String to be parsed (which may be the empty String). An Exception will be thrown if the predicate is not matched.

## AUTHORS

Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others (kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/

## LICENSE

The Kaya standard library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (version 2.1 or any later version) as published by the Free Software Foundation.