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<H1><A NAME="SEC313" HREF="ciao_toc.html#TOC313">Atom to term conversion</A></H1>
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<STRONG>Author(s):</STRONG> Francisco Bueno, Daniel Cabeza.


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<STRONG>Version:</STRONG> 1.10#7 (2006/4/26, 19:22:13 CEST)


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<STRONG>Version of last change:</STRONG> 1.9#215 (2003/12/21, 2:27:2 CET)


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This module implements the predicates involved in the atom to term conversion.



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<LI><A HREF="ciao_72.html#SEC314">Usage and interface (atom2term)</A>
<LI><A HREF="ciao_72.html#SEC315">Documentation on exports (atom2term)</A>
<LI><A HREF="ciao_72.html#SEC316">Known bugs and planned improvements (atom2term)</A>
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<LI><STRONG>Library usage:</STRONG>

<CODE>:- use_module(library(atom2term)).</CODE>

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<LI><EM>Predicates:</EM>

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<CODE>atom2term/2</CODE>, 
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<CODE>string2term/2</CODE>, 
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<CODE>parse_term/3</CODE>.

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<DT><span class="define">PREDICATE:</span> <B>atom2term/2:</B>
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<STRONG>Usage:</STRONG> <CODE>atom2term(+Atom, -Term)</CODE>

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<LI><EM>Description:</EM> Convert an atom into a term. <CODE>Atom</CODE> is an atom, but must have term syntax. <CODE>Term</CODE> is a term resulting from parsing <CODE>Atom</CODE> char by char.

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<DT><span class="define">PREDICATE:</span> <B>string2term/2:</B>
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<STRONG>Usage:</STRONG> <CODE>string2term(+String, -Term)</CODE>

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<LI><EM>Description:</EM> Same as

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<CODE>atom2term/2</CODE> but first argument is a string (containing a term). 
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<DT><span class="define">PREDICATE:</span> <B>parse_term/3:</B>
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<STRONG>Usage:</STRONG> <CODE>parse_term(+String, -Term, ?Dummy)</CODE>

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<LI><EM>Description:</EM> <CODE>String</CODE> is parsed into <CODE>Term</CODE> upto <CODE>Dummy</CODE> (which is the non-parsed rest of the list).

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<H2><A NAME="SEC316" HREF="ciao_toc.html#TOC316">Known bugs and planned improvements (<CODE>atom2term</CODE>)</A></H2>


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This is just a quick hack written mainly for parsing daVinci's messages. There should be a call to the standard reader to do this!
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