NAME

       fsaparse - parse a word-acceptor automaton file

SYNOPSIS

       #include "wa.h"

       fsafparse(fp, fsa)
         FILE *fp;
         Fsa *fsa;

DESCRIPTION

       fsafparse  parses  a  word-acceptor  automaton  file in the format described by DEAGL ("Data Exchange for
       Automata and Groups Language") (but see the BUGS section below).  fp should be a pointer to an open  file
       containing  the  automaton.   fsa  should  be  a  pointer to an Fsa struture as defined in "fsa.h".  Upon
       return, the automaton will have been written into this structure.

RETURN VALUES

       On success, fsafparse() returns 1.  On failure, it returns 0.

SEE ALSO

       getwordlist(3), getmatlist(3), fgetmatlist(3),
       getmatlist(1), automata(1)

BUGS

       fsafparse is meant specifically for use with getwordlist(3) and getmatlist(3).  It does not recognize the
       full language described by DEAGL.  It only recognizes that part of it which  was  present  in  the  word-
       acceptor  files  that  I  was working with when I wrote it.  I think this may be sufficient for all word-
       acceptor automata, but I am not sure of this.  Please let me know if you  find  word-acceptor  files  for
       which this doesn't work.

AUTHOR

       Mark Phillips
       The Geometry Center

                                            Sat Mar 23 22:01:32 1991                               fsaparse(3gv)