phrase//1 — The Logtalk Handbook v3.47.0 documentation

# `phrase//1`

## Description

    phrase(NonTerminal)

This non-terminal takes a non-terminal or a grammar rule body and parses it using the implicit difference list of tokens. A common use is to wrap what otherwise would be a naked variable in a grammar rule body.

## Modes and number of proofs

    phrase(+callable) - zero_or_more

## Errors

`NonTerminal` is a variable:
`instantiation_error`
`NonTerminal` is neither a variable nor a callable term:
`type_error(callable, NonTerminal)`

## Examples

> (none)

See also

call//1-N, phrase/2, phrase/3