[Haskell-beginners] parsec, return remaining input?

[Daniel Fischer]

On Saturday 16 April 2011 01:44:32, Rob Nikander wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is there a way to return the remaining input, so that parsec can be
> used to parse one piece at a time.  So something like:
> 
>     chunk = many (noneOf ",:")

chunk = do
    first <- many (noneOf ",:")
    rest <- getInput
-- maybe `setInput ""' here
    return (first, rest)

>     parse chunk "abc,123:xyz"

But that looks like you're going to iterate, so maybe

sepBy (many $ noneOf ",:") (oneOf ",:")

should be looked at.

> 
> Would return ("abc", ",123:last") or similar?
> 
> thanks,
> Rob