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  1. procedure main()
  2.     s := "Mon Dec 8"
  3.     s ? write(Mdate() | "not a valid date")
  4. end
  5. # Define a matching function that returns
  6. # a string that matches a day month dayofmonth
  7. procedure Mdate()
  8. # Define some initial values
  9. static dates
  10. static days
  11. initial {
  12.        days := ["Mon","Tue","Wed","Thr","Fri","Sat","Sun"]
  13.        dates := ["Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun",
  14.                  "Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec"]
  15. }
  16. every suspend   (retval <-  tab(match(!days)) ||     # Match a day
  17.                             =" " ||                  # Followed by a blank
  18.                             tab(match(!dates)) ||    # Followed by the month
  19.                             =" " ||                  # Followed by a blank
  20.                             matchdigits(2)           # Followed by at least 2 digits 
  21.                 ) &
  22.                 (=" " | pos(0) ) &                   # Either a blank or the end of the string
  23.                 retval                               # And finally return the string
  24. end
  25. # Matching function that returns a string of n digits
  26. procedure matchdigits(n)
  27.     suspend (v := tab(many(&digits)) & *v <= n) & v
  28. end
  29.  
  30.  
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  main
  Mdate
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