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Scanning Algortitm (Pascal-like)

1977 Version of ANSI Standard

Transition Diagram Scanning Algorithm (Pascal-like)

TYPE alpha = ARRAY[1..16] OF char;
VAR linact, comact : Boolean; case : char;
FUNCTION traversediagram(diagramname : alpha) : integer;
TYPE exitnode = (X,Y,Z,W);
VAR oneprimitivetraversed, continuescanning, pathtaken, pathexists : Boolean;
    exittype : integer;
BEGIN
|   oneprimitivetraversed := FALSE;
|   continuescanning := TRUE;
|   WHILE continuescanning DO
|       BEGIN
|       |   pathtaken := FALSE;
|       |   pathexists := TRUE;
|       |   WHILE pathexists DO
|       |   |   BEGIN
|       |   |   |   find next path from this syntax node with a primitive symbol on it;
|       |   |   |   IF such a path found THEN
|       |   |   |   |   BEGIN
|       |   |   |   |   |   IF character on the path = character in the window THEN
|       |   |   |   |   |       BEGIN
|       |   |   |   |   |       |   exittype := 1;
|       |   |   |   |   |       |   oneprimitivetraversed TRUE;
|       |   |   |   |   |       |   mark this path as the chosen path to be taken;
|       |   |   |   |   |       |   move window one position to the right;
|       |   |   |   |   |       |   IF input string is exhausted THEN syntax_ error
|       |   |   |   |   |       |   ELSE BEGIN pathtaken := TRUE; pathexists FALSE; END
|       |   |   |   |   |       END
|       |   |   |   |   END
|       |   |   |   ELSE pathexists := FALSE;
|       |   |   END;
|       |   IF ¬ pathtaken THEN
|       |   |   BEGIN
|       |   |   |   pathexists := TRUE;
|       |   |   |   WHILE pathexists DO
|       |   |   |       BEGIN
|       |   |   |       |   find next path from this syntax node with a call to "diagramname";
|       |   |   |       |   IF such a path found THEN
|       |   |   |       |   |   BEGIN
|       |   |   |       |   |   |   exittype := traversediagram("diagramname");
|       |   |   |       |   |   |   IF exittype ≠ 0 THEN
|       |   |   |       |   |   |       BEGIN
|       |   |   |       |   |   |       |   pathtaken := TRUE;
|       |   |   |       |   |   |       |   pathexists := FALSE;
|       |   |   |       |   |   |       |   mark this path as the chosen path to be taken;
|       |   |   |       |   |   |       END
|       |   |   |       |   |   END
|       |   |   |       |   ELSE pathexists := FALSE;
|       |   |   |       END
|       |   |   END;
|       |   IF ¬ (pathtaken) ∧ there is a blank path from this syntax node THEN
|       |   |   BEGIN
|       |   |   |   exittype := 1;
|       |   |   |   pathtaken := TRUE;
|       |   |   |   mark this path as the chosen path to be taken;
|       |   |   END;
|       |   IF pathtaken THEN
|       |   |   BEGIN
|       |   |   |   CASE exittype OF
|       |   |   |   |   1: case := 'X';
|       |   |   |   |   2: case := 'Y';
|       |   |   |   |   3: case := 'Z';
|       |   |   |   |   4: case := 'W';
|       |   |   |   END;
|       |   |   |   find marked path from this syntax node and move to next syntax node along it;
|       |   |   |   IF path traversed specified an action THEN
|       |   |   |   |   BEGIN
|       |   |   |   |   |   IF (linact ∧ comact) ∨ action is a privileged action THEN DO action;
|       |   |   |   |   END;
|       |   |   |   IF next syntax node is an exitnode THEN
|       |   |   |       BEGIN
|       |   |   |       |   continuescanning := FALSE;
|       |   |   |       |   CASE exitnode OF
|       |   |   |       |   |   Z: traversediagram := 1;
|       |   |   |       |   |   Y: traversediagram := 2;
|       |   |   |       |   |   Z: traversediagram := 3;
|       |   |   |       |   |   W: traversediagram := 4;
|       |   |   |       |   END
|       |   |   |       END
|       |   |   END
|       |   ELSE
|       |       BEGIN
|       |       |   IF oneprimitivetraversed THEN syntax error
|       |       |   ELSE
|       |       |       BEGIN
|       |       |       |   traversediagram := 0;
|       |       |       |   continuescanning := FALSE;
|       |       |       END
|       |       END
|       END
END
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