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<a name="spirit.qi.reference.operator.kleene"></a><a class="link" href="kleene.html" title="Kleene Parser (*a)">Kleene Parser
          (<code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">*</span><span class="identifier">a</span></code>)</a>
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            <span><a name="spirit.qi.reference.operator.kleene.description"></a></span><a class="link" href="kleene.html#spirit.qi.reference.operator.kleene.description">Description</a>
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            The kleene operator, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">*</span><span class="identifier">a</span></code>,
            is a unary operator that matches its operand zero or more times.
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            <span><a name="spirit.qi.reference.operator.kleene.header"></a></span><a class="link" href="kleene.html#spirit.qi.reference.operator.kleene.header">Header</a>
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="comment">// forwards to &lt;boost/spirit/home/qi/operator/kleene.hpp&gt;</span>
<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">spirit</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">include</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">qi_kleene</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
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            Also, see <a class="link" href="../../../structure/include.html" title="Include">Include Structure</a>.
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            <span><a name="spirit.qi.reference.operator.kleene.model_of"></a></span><a class="link" href="kleene.html#spirit.qi.reference.operator.kleene.model_of">Model
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<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
              <a class="link" href="../parser_concepts/unaryparser.html" title="UnaryParser"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">UnaryParser</span></code></a>
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<dt><span class="term"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">a</span></code></span></dt>
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                  A <a class="link" href="../parser_concepts/parser.html" title="Parser"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Parser</span></code></a>
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            <span><a name="spirit.qi.reference.operator.kleene.expression_semantics"></a></span><a class="link" href="kleene.html#spirit.qi.reference.operator.kleene.expression_semantics">Expression
            Semantics</a>
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            Semantics of an expression is defined only where it differs from, or
            is not defined in <a class="link" href="../parser_concepts/unaryparser.html" title="UnaryParser"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">UnaryParser</span></code></a>.
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                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">*</span><span class="identifier">a</span></code>
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                      Match <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">a</span></code> zero
                      or more times.
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            See <a class="link" href="../../quick_reference/compound_attribute_rules.html#spirit.qi.quick_reference.compound_attribute_rules.notation">Compound
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                      <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">*</span><span class="identifier">a</span></code>
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<pre xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" class="table-programlisting"><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">A</span> <span class="special">--&gt;</span> <span class="special">*</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">vector</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">A</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
<span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">Unused</span> <span class="special">--&gt;</span> <span class="special">*</span><span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">Unused</span></pre>
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            <span><a name="spirit.qi.reference.operator.kleene.complexity"></a></span><a class="link" href="kleene.html#spirit.qi.reference.operator.kleene.complexity">Complexity</a>
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<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote"><p>
              The overall complexity of the Kleene star is defined by the complexity
              of its subject, <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">a</span></code>,
              multiplied by the number of repetitions. The complexity of the Kleene
              star itself is O(N), where N is the number successful repetitions.
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            <span><a name="spirit.qi.reference.operator.kleene.example"></a></span><a class="link" href="kleene.html#spirit.qi.reference.operator.kleene.example">Example</a>
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              The test harness for the example(s) below is presented in the <a class="link" href="../basics.html#spirit.qi.reference.basics.examples">Basics Examples</a>
              section.
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            Some using declarations:
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">using</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">spirit</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">qi</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">int_</span><span class="special">;</span>
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            Parse a comma separated list of numbers and put them in a vector:
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">vector</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">attr</span><span class="special">;</span>
<span class="identifier">test_phrase_parser_attr</span><span class="special">(</span>
    <span class="string">"111, 222, 333, 444, 555"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">int_</span> <span class="special">&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="special">*(</span><span class="char">','</span> <span class="special">&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">int_</span><span class="special">),</span> <span class="identifier">attr</span><span class="special">);</span>
<span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">cout</span>
    <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">attr</span><span class="special">[</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">]</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="char">','</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">attr</span><span class="special">[</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">]</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="char">','</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">attr</span><span class="special">[</span><span class="number">2</span><span class="special">]</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="char">','</span>
    <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">attr</span><span class="special">[</span><span class="number">3</span><span class="special">]</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="char">','</span> <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">attr</span><span class="special">[</span><span class="number">4</span><span class="special">]</span>
    <span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">endl</span><span class="special">;</span>
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