Concepts Of Programming Languages
Concepts Of Programming Languages
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Author: Sebesta, Robert W.
Publisher: Pearson,
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Lexical analysis and syntax analysis:

Syntax analyzer phase in compilation process is the step in which the “tokens” in the programs are identified and recognize whether they are specified in a valid way. In simple words, tokens are the keywords, identifiers and operators in a program. Often, syntax analysis consists of two parts, namely:

  • Lexical analysis: It does the analysis of small language constructs like names and numeric literals.
  • Syntax analysis: It does the analysis of large constructs like expressions and program units.

The following three reasons explain why lexical analysis is a separate part from the syntax analyzing process.

Simplicity:

The process of lexical analysis needs relatively less complex techniques than syntax analysis. So, separating low-level details of lexical analysis from syntax analysis make the process of lexical analysis simple, small and clean...

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