# TextFormats parser generator

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/textformats-parser-generator/95505>\
**Category:** Biology, Health, and Medicine\
**Created:** [March 3, 2023, 3:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/textformats-parser-generator/95505 "2023-03-03T15:29:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 5, 2023, 9:31am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/textformats-parser-generator/95505/6 "2023-03-05T09:31:47Z")

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See also

> [@\[ANN\] PikaParser.jl -- small and fast parser library](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-pikaparser-jl-small-and-fast-parser-library/93700):
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> It has been around half a year since we released the first version of [PikaParser.jl](https://github.com/LCSB-BioCore/PikaParser.jl), and we’re at 0.5.1 today successfully using it for several local projects[\*](https://github.com/LCSB-BioCore/COBREXA.jl/blob/ac27ca5bcd66b177078320c220620de15fa6e5b9/src/base/utils/gene_associations.jl#L63-L165). So I thought it’s about time to announce it more formally. What is it about? Parsing of structured input from users and other programs is traditionally one of the most complicated, error-prone, fragile and otherwise annoying components of any software, and we witnessed too many bugs and security problems that stem from completely insuf…

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