[/============================================================================== Copyright (C) 2001-2015 Joel de Guzman Copyright (C) 2001-2011 Hartmut Kaiser Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) ===============================================================================/] [section Number List Redux - list syntax] So far, we've been using the syntax: double_ >> *(',' >> double_) to parse a comma-delimited list of numbers. Such lists are common in parsing and Spirit provides a simpler shortcut for them. The expression above can be simplified to: double_ % ',' read as: a list of doubles separated by `','`. This sample, again a variation of our previous example, demonstrates just that: template bool parse_numbers(Iterator first, Iterator last, std::vector& v) { using x3::double_; using x3::phrase_parse; using x3::_attr; using ascii::space; auto push_back = [&](auto& ctx){ v.push_back(_attr(ctx)); }; bool r = phrase_parse(first, last, // Begin grammar ( double_[push_back] % ',' ) , // End grammar space); if (first != last) // fail if we did not get a full match return false; return r; } The full cpp file for this example can be found here: [@../../../example/x3/num_list/num_list3.cpp num_list3.cpp] [endsect]