[erlang-questions] What is "Rest" in the return of xmerl_scan:string() ?

[Dmytro Lytovchenko]

In all parsers, that would be the tail of input, which does not match the
rules anymore. Empty string if your input is correct.

2017-04-25 9:14 GMT+02:00 达曾 <johnzeng91@REDACTED>:

> Hi all,
>   I am using xmerl_scan to decode a xml string, but when calling
> xmerl_scan:sting, it returns in a tuple:
>
> {xmlElement{}, Rest}
>
> I've searched about this API, looks like we all ignore the Rest in return.
>
> So what is the Rest used for?? Should I ignore them??
>
> Here is the defination of  xmerl_scan:string/1 in erlang OTP 19,
>
> *string(Text::list()) -> {**xmlElement()**, Rest}*
>
>
>  Great thanks.
>
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