# File lib/treetop/compiler/metagrammar.rb, line 3199
      def _nt_non_space_char
        start_index = index
        if node_cache[:non_space_char].has_key?(index)
          cached = node_cache[:non_space_char][index]
          if cached
            cached = SyntaxNode.new(input, index...(index + 1)) if cached == true
            @index = cached.interval.end
          end
          return cached
        end

        i0, s0 = index, []
        i1 = index
        r2 = _nt_space
        if r2
          r1 = nil
        else
          @index = i1
          r1 = instantiate_node(SyntaxNode,input, index...index)
        end
        s0 << r1
        if r1
          if index < input_length
            r3 = instantiate_node(SyntaxNode,input, index...(index + 1))
            @index += 1
          else
            terminal_parse_failure("any character")
            r3 = nil
          end
          s0 << r3
        end
        if s0.last
          r0 = instantiate_node(SyntaxNode,input, i0...index, s0)
          r0.extend(NonSpaceChar0)
        else
          @index = i0
          r0 = nil
        end

        node_cache[:non_space_char][start_index] = r0

        r0
      end