text parsing

src/main.rs

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ fn main() {
     loop {
         thread::sleep(time::Duration::from_millis(250));
         let mut lights = lock.write().unwrap();
-        let pattern = vec!["val".into(), "255".into(), "150".into(), "0".into()];
+        let pattern = format_multiline("val 255 150 0");
         let res = parse_line(pattern);
         if res.is_ok() {
             res.unwrap().execute(&mut lights);

src/util.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 pub mod lights;
-pub mod parser;
 pub mod pattern;
 pub mod webserver;

src/util/pattern.rs

@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ impl<'a> Pattern<'a> for Value {
 }
 
 pub fn parse_line<'a>(v: Vec<String>) -> Result<Box<dyn Pattern<'a>>, ParseError> {
-    let res: Result<Box<dyn Pattern>, ParseError> = v.try_into();
-    res
+    v.try_into()
+}
+
+pub fn format_multiline(input: &str) -> Vec<Vec<String>> {
+    input.lines()
+        .map(|x: &str| x.split_whitespace().collect::<Vec<String>>())
+        .collect()
 }