lib/HTMLParser.js
function getMatchingChars(pattern) {
    pattern.lastIndex = nextchar - 1;
    var match = pattern.exec(chars);
    if (match && match.index === nextchar - 1) {
      match = match[0];
      nextchar += match.length - 1;
      /* Careful!  Make sure we haven't matched the EOF character! */
      if (input_complete && nextchar === numchars) {
        // Oops, backup one.
        match = match.slice(0, -1);
        nextchar--;
      }
      return match;
    } else {
      throw new Error("should never happen");
    }
  }
function getMatchingChars(pattern) {
    pattern.lastIndex = nextchar - 1;
    var match = pattern.exec(chars);
    if (match && match.index === nextchar - 1) {
      match = match[0];
      nextchar += match.length - 1;
      /* Careful!  Make sure we haven't matched the EOF character! */
      if (input_complete && nextchar === numchars) {
        // Oops, backup one.
        match = match.slice(0, -1);
        nextchar--;
      }
      return match;
    } else {
      throw new Error("should never happen");
    }
  }
function getMatchingChars ( pattern ) { pattern . lastIndex = nextchar - 1 ; var match = pattern . exec ( chars ) ; if ( match && match . index === nextchar - 1 ) { match = match [ 0 ] ; nextchar += match . length - 1 ; /* Careful!  Make sure we haven't matched the EOF character! */ if ( input_complete && nextchar === numchars ) { // Oops, backup one. match = match . slice ( 0 , - 1 ) ; nextchar -- ; } return match ; } else { throw new Error ( "should never happen" ) ; } }
Consume chars matched by the pattern and return them as a string. Starts matching at the current position, so users should drop the current char otherwise.
Consume chars matched by the pattern and return them as a string . Starts matching at the current position so users should drop the current char otherwise .