A.12 library(dcg/basics): Various general DCG utilities
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      • The SWI-Prolog library
        • library(dcg/basics): Various general DCG utilities
          • string_without//2
          • string//1
          • blanks//0
          • blank//0
          • nonblanks//1
          • nonblank//1
          • blanks_to_nl//0
          • whites//0
          • white//0
          • alpha_to_lower//1
          • digits//1
          • digit//1
          • integer//1
          • float//1
          • number//1
          • xinteger//1
          • xdigit//1
          • xdigits//1
          • eol//0
          • eos//0
          • remainder//1
          • prolog_var_name//1
          • atom//1
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Availability::- use_module(library(dcg/basics)).
Source[nondet]string(-Codes)//
Take as few as possible tokens from the input, taking one more each time on backtracking. This code is normally followed by a test for a delimiter. For example:
upto_colon(Atom) -->
        string(Codes), ":", !,
        { atom_codes(Atom, Codes) }.
See also
string_without//2.