int fc, lc;
size_t i;
- if ( !parse_column_range (lexer, &fc, &lc, NULL) )
+ if ( !parse_column_range (lexer, 1, &fc, &lc, NULL) )
return false;
/* Divide columns evenly. */
}
}
+/* Parses a BASE-based column using LEXER. Returns true and
+ stores a 1-based column number into *COLUMN if successful,
+ otherwise emits an error message and returns false. */
+static bool
+parse_column (struct lexer *lexer, int base, int *column)
+{
+ assert (base == 0 || base == 1);
+ if (!lex_force_int (lexer))
+ return false;
+ *column = lex_integer (lexer) - base + 1;
+ if (*column < 1)
+ {
+ if (base == 1)
+ msg (SE, _("Column positions for fields must be positive."));
+ else
+ msg (SE, _("Column positions for fields must not be negative."));
+ return false;
+ }
+ lex_get (lexer);
+ return true;
+}
+
/* Parse a column or a range of columns, specified as a single
- integer or two integer delimited by a dash. Stores the range
+ integer or two integers delimited by a dash. Stores the range
in *FIRST_COLUMN and *LAST_COLUMN. (If only a single integer
is given, it is stored in both.) If RANGE_SPECIFIED is
non-null, then *RANGE_SPECIFIED is set to true if the syntax
contained a dash, false otherwise. Returns true if
successful, false if the syntax was invalid or the values
- specified did not make sense. */
+ specified did not make sense.
+
+ If BASE is 0, zero-based column numbers are parsed; if BASE is
+ 1, 1-based column numbers are parsed. Regardless of BASE, the
+ values stored in *FIRST_COLUMN and *LAST_COLUMN are
+ 1-based. */
bool
-parse_column_range (struct lexer *lexer, int *first_column, int *last_column,
+parse_column_range (struct lexer *lexer, int base,
+ int *first_column, int *last_column,
bool *range_specified)
{
/* First column. */
- if (!lex_force_int (lexer))
+ if (!parse_column (lexer, base, first_column))
return false;
- *first_column = lex_integer (lexer);
- if (*first_column < 1)
- {
- msg (SE, _("Column positions for fields must be positive."));
- return false;
- }
- lex_get (lexer);
/* Last column. */
lex_negative_to_dash (lexer);
if (lex_match (lexer, '-'))
{
- if (!lex_force_int (lexer))
- return false;
- *last_column = lex_integer (lexer);
- if (*last_column < 1)
- {
- msg (SE, _("Column positions for fields must be positive."));
- return false;
- }
- else if (*last_column < *first_column)
+ if (!parse_column (lexer, base, last_column))
+ return false;
+ if (*last_column < *first_column)
{
msg (SE, _("The ending column for a field must be "
"greater than the starting column."));
if (range_specified)
*range_specified = true;
- lex_get (lexer);
}
else
{