Thorsten Ottosen wrote:

Shouldn't it be possible to parse with the following syntax:

std::string text( "fooooo"); static rule<> r = *space_p >> '"' >> (*alnum_p)[assign_a(name)] >> '"'; parse_infostd::string::const_iterator info = boost::spirit::parse( text.begin(), text.end(), r );

How do I otherwise interpret

http://www.boost.org/libs/spirit/doc/scanner.html

?

It should be: std::string text( "fooooo"); static rulestd::string::iterator r = *space_p >> '"' >> (*alnum_p)[assign_a(name)] >> '"'; parse_infostd::string::const_iterator info = boost::spirit::parse( text.begin(), text.end(), r ); Regards Hartmut