---
title: "parse"
sidebar_label: "parse"
description: "Kotlin binding reference: parse."
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//[clika-runtime](../../../../index.md)/[io.clika.runtime](../../index.md)/[Template](../index.md)/[Companion](index.md)/[parse](parse.md)

# parse

[common]\
fun [parse](parse.md)(source: [String](https://kotlinlang.org/api/core/kotlin-stdlib/kotlin/-string/index.html)): [Template](../index.md)

Parse [source](parse.md); malformed template syntax fails with `INVALID_ARGUMENT`.