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    /*  *************************************************************************************
     *   copyright: Copyright (c) 2021 Lowell D. Thomas, all rights reserved
     *     license: BSD-2-Clause (https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause)
     *   ********************************************************************************* */
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    This is a demonstration of the using the back reference operators.

    module.exports = function main(args) {
      /* display the program arguments */
      console.log('back-reference args');
      console.dir(args);
    
      /* the help screen */
      let desc = '';
      desc += 'The "back-reference" example is a demonstration of using back referencing\n';
      desc += 'in pattern matching.\n';
      desc +=
        'Examine or run a debugger on this module, "apg-js-examples/src/back-reference/main.js" to study the example.\n';
      let help = '';
      help += 'Usage: npm run back-reference [-- arg]\n';
      help += '  arg: help        (or no arg) to display this help screen.\n';
      help += '       branch-fail back-reference not matched (see the trace output)\n';
      help += '       parent      demonstrate parent-mode back reference to match HTML tags\n';
      help += '       universal   a very simple demonstration of universal-mode back referencing\n';
      help += '       all         all demonstrations\n';
      if (!args[0]) {
        /* display the help screen and exit */
        console.log(desc);
        console.log(help);
        return;
      }
      if (args[0] === 'help') {
        console.log(help);
        return;
      }
      let input;
      let grammar;
      let displayname;
      let doTrace;
      const setup = require('./setup');
      console.log();
      console.log('Demonstration of using back referencing.');
      console.log();
      const fnFail = function fnFail() {
        input = 'ayaa';
        grammar = new (require('./branch-fail-grammar'))();
        displayname = 'branch-fail';
        doTrace = true;
        setup(input, grammar, displayname, doTrace);
      };
      const fnParent = function fnParent() {
        input = '<ROOT><next><ToP>...</ToP></next></ROOT>';
        grammar = new (require('./parent-mode-grammar'))();
        displayname = 'parent-mode matched';
        doTrace = true;
        setup(input, grammar, displayname, doTrace);
        input = '<root><next><top>...</top></next></notroot>';
        displayname = 'parent-mode not matched';
        setup(input, grammar, displayname, doTrace);
      };
      const fnUniversal = function fnUniversal() {
        input = 'xXXx';
        grammar = new (require('./universal-mode-grammar'))();
        displayname = 'universal-mode';
        doTrace = true;
        setup(input, grammar, displayname, doTrace);
      };
      switch (args[0]) {
        case 'branch-fail':
          fnFail();
          break;
        case 'parent':
          fnParent();
          break;
        case 'universal':
          fnUniversal();
          break;
        case 'all':
          fnFail();
          fnParent();
          fnUniversal();
          break;
        default:
          console.log(`unrecognized argument: ${args[0]}`);
          console.log(help);
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    return;

      }
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    setup(input, grammar, displayname, doTrace);

    };