Char matches

A char match is a match to any character except for a field-separator or an end-of-line. To replace the char() function, the any() function has to have a character string that is 256 characters long. In the following script, the character pattern matches with the letter a, the tab, the letter b, the space and finally the letter c before failing when it tries to match the eol.

ASL Script (char_match.asl):
START {
 a:char
}
do {
 print("Matched with ".a);
}
DEFAULT {
 ..eol
}
do {
 print("Failed match");
}
Input (char_match.txt):
a <tab> b c
Output:
$ sm_adapter --file=char_match.txt char_match.asl
Matched with a
Matched with 
Matched with b
Matched with 
Matched with c
Failed match