do_if_match = function(line, pat, f)
	local captures = {line:match(pat)}
	if #captures == 0 then return end
	f(unpack(captures))
	return true
end

		local subject, object = line:match('^%s*(%S+)%s+beat%s+(%S+)%s*$')
		table.insert(Global_state.results, {subject, object})
		if subject == nil then

		local _ =  -- turn rest of loop (a single giant expr) into a statement to satisfy the Lua parser
		do_if_match(line,  '^%s*(%S+)%s+beat%s+(%S+)%s*$', function(subject, object)
				table.insert(Global_state.results, {subject, object})
				if results[subject] == nil then
					results[subject] = {}
				end
				results[subject][object] = 2
				if results[object] == nil then
					results[object] = {}
				end
				results[object][subject] = 0
			end)
		or

		end
		if results[subject] == nil then
			results[subject] = {}
		end
		results[subject][object] = 2
		if results[object] == nil then
			results[object] = {}
		end
		results[object][subject] = 0

end

end