local m = require'lpeglabel' local re = require'relabel' local id = m.R'az'^1 local g = m.P{ "S", S = m.V"Id" * m.V"List", List = -m.P(1) + m.V"Comma" * m.V"Id" * m.V"List", Id = m.V"Sp" * id + m.T'ErrId', Comma = m.V"Sp" * "," + m.T'ErrComma', Sp = m.S" \n\t"^0, } function mymatch (g, s) local r, e, pos = g:match(s) if not r then local line, col = re.calcline(s, pos) local msg = "Error at line " .. line .. " (col " .. col .. ")" if e == 'ErrId' then return r, msg .. ": expecting an identifier before '" .. s:sub(pos) .. "'" elseif e == 'ErrComma' then return r, msg .. ": expecting ',' before '" .. s:sub(pos) .. "'" else return r, msg end end return r end print(mymatch(g, "one,two")) print(mymatch(g, "one two")) print(mymatch(g, "one,\n two,\nthree,"))