How to express a lowercase followed by any case char using BNF?

Question

I am trying to learn how IntelliJ Grammar Kit works for creating a BNF

How can I define an identifier that stars with 'v' and then have any case. e.g. 'vModule'.

Here is my attempt:

identifier ::= "v"id

But then, instead of 'vModule', it expects 'v Module'.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 18 '16 at 08:50

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You need to include the actual regular expression matching your identifier into the token definition. Something like:

identifier ::= "regexp:v\w+"

answered Jan 18 '16 at 08:50

yole

thanks. Is there any alternative way to combine tokens to make them a single token? e.g. when they are complex to be captured as a single regex. – Johnny Everson Jan 18 '16 at 13:07

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