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+#lang brag
+;; test the curly quantifier
+start : a-rule | b-rule | c-rule | d-rule
+a-rule : "a"{2} ; exactly 2
+b-rule : "b"{,2} ; up to 2
+c-rule : "c"{2,} ; 2 or more
+d-rule : "d"{2,3} ; 2 or 3
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diff --git a/brag/test/test-curly-quantifier.rkt b/brag/test/test-curly-quantifier.rkt
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+#lang racket/base
+(require brag/examples/curly-quantifier
+         brag/support
+         rackunit)
+
+(check-exn exn:fail:parsing? (λ () (parse-to-datum "a")))
+(check-equal? (parse-to-datum "aa") '(start (a-rule "a" "a")))
+(check-exn exn:fail:parsing? (λ () (parse-to-datum "aaa")))
+
+(check-equal? (parse-to-datum "") '(start (b-rule)))
+(check-equal? (parse-to-datum "b") '(start (b-rule "b")))
+(check-equal? (parse-to-datum "bb") '(start (b-rule "b" "b")))
+(check-exn exn:fail:parsing? (λ () (parse-to-datum "bbb")))
+
+(check-exn exn:fail:parsing? (λ () (parse-to-datum "c")))
+(check-equal? (parse-to-datum "cc") '(start (c-rule "c" "c")))
+(check-equal? (parse-to-datum "ccc") '(start (c-rule "c" "c" "c")))
+(check-equal? (parse-to-datum "cccc") '(start (c-rule "c" "c" "c" "c")))
+
+(check-exn exn:fail:parsing? (λ () (parse-to-datum "d")))
+(check-equal? (parse-to-datum "dd") '(start (d-rule "d" "d")))
+(check-equal? (parse-to-datum "ddd") '(start (d-rule "d" "d" "d")))
+(check-exn exn:fail:parsing? (λ () (parse-to-datum "dddd")))