Lexical analysis is the process of converting a sequence of characters from a source program into a sequence of tokens. It involves reading the source program, scanning characters, grouping them into lexemes and producing tokens as output. The lexical analyzer also enters tokens into a symbol table, strips whitespace and comments, correlates error messages with line numbers, and expands macros. Lexical analysis produces tokens through scanning and tokenization and helps simplify compiler design and improve efficiency. It identifies tokens like keywords, constants, identifiers, numbers, operators and punctuation through patterns and deals with issues like lookahead and ambiguities.
The document discusses lexical analysis in compilers. It describes how the lexical analyzer reads source code characters and divides them into tokens. Regular expressions are used to specify patterns for token recognition. The lexical analyzer generates a finite state automaton to recognize these patterns. Lexical analysis is the first phase of compilation that separates the input into tokens for the parser.
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The document discusses the role and process of lexical analysis in compilers. It can be summarized as:
1) Lexical analysis is the first phase of a compiler that reads source code characters and groups them into tokens. It produces a stream of tokens that are passed to the parser.
2) The lexical analyzer matches character sequences against patterns defined by regular expressions to identify lexemes and produce corresponding tokens.
3) Common tokens include keywords, identifiers, constants, and punctuation. The lexical analyzer may interact with the symbol table to handle identifiers.
Lexical analysis is the first phase of compilation. It reads source code characters and divides them into tokens by recognizing patterns using finite automata. It separates tokens, inserts them into a symbol table, and eliminates unnecessary characters. Tokens are passed to the parser along with line numbers for error handling. An input buffer is used to improve efficiency by reading source code in blocks into memory rather than character-by-character from secondary storage. Lexical analysis groups character sequences into lexemes, which are then classified as tokens based on patterns.
Compiler construction tools were introduced to aid in the development of compilers. These tools include scanner generators, parser generators, syntax-directed translation engines, and automatic code generators. Scanner generators produce lexical analyzers based on regular expressions to recognize tokens. Parser generators take context-free grammars as input to produce syntax analyzers. Syntax-directed translation engines associate translations with parse trees to generate intermediate code. Automatic code generators take intermediate code as input and output machine language. These tools help automate and simplify the compiler development process.
LEX is a tool that allows users to specify a lexical analyzer by defining patterns for tokens using regular expressions. The LEX compiler transforms these patterns into a transition diagram and generates C code. It takes a LEX source program as input, compiles it to produce lex.yy.c, which is then compiled with a C compiler to generate an executable that takes an input stream and returns a sequence of tokens. LEX programs have declarations, translation rules that map patterns to actions, and optional auxiliary functions. The actions are fragments of C code that execute when a pattern is matched.
The document discusses the role and process of a lexical analyzer in compiler design. A lexical analyzer groups input characters into lexemes and produces a sequence of tokens as output for the syntactic analyzer. It strips out comments and whitespace, correlates line numbers with errors, and interacts with the symbol table. Lexical analysis improves compiler efficiency, portability, and allows for simpler parser design by separating lexical and syntactic analysis.
The document discusses lexical analysis in compilers. It describes how the lexical analyzer reads source code characters and divides them into tokens. Regular expressions are used to specify patterns for token recognition. The lexical analyzer generates a finite state automaton to recognize these patterns. Lexical analysis is the first phase of compilation that separates the input into tokens for the parser.
It is on simple topic of compiler but first and foremost important topic of compiler. For Lexical Analyzing we coded in C language. So it is easy to understand .
The document discusses the role and process of lexical analysis in compilers. It can be summarized as:
1) Lexical analysis is the first phase of a compiler that reads source code characters and groups them into tokens. It produces a stream of tokens that are passed to the parser.
2) The lexical analyzer matches character sequences against patterns defined by regular expressions to identify lexemes and produce corresponding tokens.
3) Common tokens include keywords, identifiers, constants, and punctuation. The lexical analyzer may interact with the symbol table to handle identifiers.
Lexical analysis is the first phase of compilation. It reads source code characters and divides them into tokens by recognizing patterns using finite automata. It separates tokens, inserts them into a symbol table, and eliminates unnecessary characters. Tokens are passed to the parser along with line numbers for error handling. An input buffer is used to improve efficiency by reading source code in blocks into memory rather than character-by-character from secondary storage. Lexical analysis groups character sequences into lexemes, which are then classified as tokens based on patterns.
Compiler construction tools were introduced to aid in the development of compilers. These tools include scanner generators, parser generators, syntax-directed translation engines, and automatic code generators. Scanner generators produce lexical analyzers based on regular expressions to recognize tokens. Parser generators take context-free grammars as input to produce syntax analyzers. Syntax-directed translation engines associate translations with parse trees to generate intermediate code. Automatic code generators take intermediate code as input and output machine language. These tools help automate and simplify the compiler development process.
LEX is a tool that allows users to specify a lexical analyzer by defining patterns for tokens using regular expressions. The LEX compiler transforms these patterns into a transition diagram and generates C code. It takes a LEX source program as input, compiles it to produce lex.yy.c, which is then compiled with a C compiler to generate an executable that takes an input stream and returns a sequence of tokens. LEX programs have declarations, translation rules that map patterns to actions, and optional auxiliary functions. The actions are fragments of C code that execute when a pattern is matched.
The document discusses the role and process of a lexical analyzer in compiler design. A lexical analyzer groups input characters into lexemes and produces a sequence of tokens as output for the syntactic analyzer. It strips out comments and whitespace, correlates line numbers with errors, and interacts with the symbol table. Lexical analysis improves compiler efficiency, portability, and allows for simpler parser design by separating lexical and syntactic analysis.
The document summarizes the key aspects of direct linking loaders. A direct linking loader allows for multiple procedure and data segments and flexible intersegment referencing. It provides assembler output with the length and symbol tables (USE and DEFINITION) to the loader. The loader performs two passes, building a Global External Symbol Table in Pass 1 and performing relocation and linking in Pass 2 using the object decks with External Symbol Dictionary, instructions/data, and relocation/linkage sections. This allows combining and executing object code from separate object programs.
We have learnt that any computer system is made of hardware and software.
The hardware understands a language, which humans cannot understand. So we write programs in high-level language, which is easier for us to understand and remember.
These programs are then fed into a series of tools and OS components to get the desired code that can be used by the machine.
This is known as Language Processing System.
There are two main types of language processing activities: program generation and program execution. Program generation aims to automatically generate a program in a target language from a source program through a program generator. Program execution can occur through either translation, which translates a source program into an equivalent target program, or interpretation, where an interpreter reads and executes the source program statement-by-statement.
The document provides an overview of compilers by discussing:
1. Compilers translate source code into executable target code by going through several phases including lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis, code optimization, and code generation.
2. An interpreter directly executes source code statement by statement while a compiler produces target code as translation. Compiled code generally runs faster than interpreted code.
3. The phases of a compiler include a front end that analyzes the source code and produces intermediate code, and a back end that optimizes and generates the target code.
A compiler is a program that translates a program written in one language into an equivalent target language. The front end checks syntax and semantics, while the back end translates the source code into assembly code. The compiler performs lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis, code generation, optimization, and error handling. It identifies errors at compile time to help produce efficient, error-free code.
The document discusses the role and implementation of a lexical analyzer. It can be summarized as:
1. A lexical analyzer scans source code, groups characters into lexemes, and produces tokens which it returns to the parser upon request. It handles tasks like removing whitespace and expanding macros.
2. It implements buffering techniques to efficiently scan large inputs and uses transition diagrams to represent patterns for matching tokens.
3. Regular expressions are used to specify patterns for tokens, and flex is a common language for implementing lexical analyzers based on these specifications.
The document discusses recursive definitions of formal languages using regular expressions. It provides examples of recursively defining languages like INTEGER, EVEN, and factorial. Regular expressions can be used to concisely represent languages. The recursive definition of a regular expression is given. Examples are provided of regular expressions for various languages over an alphabet. Regular languages are those generated by regular expressions, and operations on regular expressions correspond to operations on the languages they represent.
Lex is a program generator designed for lexical processing of character input streams. It works by translating a table of regular expressions and corresponding program fragments provided by the user into a program. This program then reads an input stream, partitions it into strings matching the given expressions, and executes the associated program fragments in order. Flex is a fast lexical analyzer generator that is an alternative to Lex. It generates scanners that recognize lexical patterns in text based on pairs of regular expressions and C code provided by the user.
Compiler Design LR parsing SLR ,LALR CLRRiazul Islam
The document introduces LR parsing and simple LR parsing. It discusses LR(k) parsing which scans input from left to right and constructs a rightmost derivation in reverse. It then focuses on simple LR parsing and describes parser states and items. Examples of parsing expressions are provided to illustrate closure computation. The document also discusses more powerful LR parsers that use lookahead and the canonical LR and LALR methods. It provides examples of LR(1) item sets and describes constructing an LALR parsing table.
The document discusses the different phases of a compiler:
1) The front end checks the syntax and semantics of the source code and the back end translates it to assembly code.
2) The front end contains lexical analysis, preprocessing, syntax analysis, and semantic analysis. The back end contains analysis, optimization, and code generation.
3) Optimization aims to improve the intermediate code to increase performance by reducing complexity and leading to faster execution.
The document discusses lexical analysis and how it relates to parsing in compilers. It introduces basic terminology like tokens, patterns, lexemes, and attributes. It describes how a lexical analyzer works by scanning input, identifying tokens, and sending tokens to a parser. Regular expressions are used to specify patterns for token recognition. Finite automata like nondeterministic and deterministic finite automata are constructed from regular expressions to recognize tokens.
Compiler Construction
Phases of a compiler
Analysis and synthesis phases
-------------------
-> Compilation Issues
-> Phases of compilation
-> Structure of compiler
-> Code Analysis
1. A parse tree shows how the start symbol of a grammar derives a string in the language by using interior nodes labeled with nonterminals and children labeled with terminals or nonterminals according to the grammar's productions.
2. An ambiguous grammar is one where a single string can have more than one parse tree, leftmost derivation, rightmost derivation, or other derivation according to the grammar.
3. Operator precedence and associativity determine the order of operations when multiple operators are present in an expression. For example, multiplication generally has higher precedence than addition, and most operators associate left-to-right.
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The document discusses lexical analysis in compiler design. It covers the role of the lexical analyzer, tokenization, and representation of tokens using finite automata. Regular expressions are used to formally specify patterns for tokens. A lexical analyzer generator converts these specifications into a finite state machine (FSM) implementation to recognize tokens in the input stream. The FSM is typically a deterministic finite automaton (DFA) for efficiency, even though a nondeterministic finite automaton (NFA) may require fewer states.
The document discusses the role and implementation of a lexical analyzer in compilers. A lexical analyzer is the first phase of a compiler that reads source code characters and generates a sequence of tokens. It groups characters into lexemes and determines the tokens based on patterns. A lexical analyzer may need to perform lookahead to unambiguously determine tokens. It associates attributes with tokens, such as symbol table entries for identifiers. The lexical analyzer and parser interact through a producer-consumer relationship using a token buffer.
The document discusses the design of an assembler. It begins by outlining the general design procedure, which includes specifying the problem, defining data structures like symbol tables and opcode tables, specifying data formats, and specifying algorithms. It then discusses the specific design of an assembler, including stating the problem, defining data structures like symbol tables and opcode tables, specifying table formats, and looking for modularity. Finally, it provides an example assembly language program and discusses how the assembler would process it using the defined data structures and tables during its first and second passes.
This document discusses parsing and different parsing techniques. It defines parsing as the process of verifying that tokens generated by a lexical analyzer follow the syntactic rules of a language. Parsers can be top-down or bottom-up. Top-down parsers build the parse tree from the root to leaves by following leftmost derivations, while bottom-up parsers start from the leaves and work upwards. The document also discusses LL(1), SLR, and LR(1) parsing techniques, including how to construct parsing tables and handle conflicts. LR(1) parsers are more restrictive than SLR(1) parsers in where they allow reduce operations.
The lexical analyzer is the first phase of a compiler. It takes source code as input and breaks it down into tokens by removing whitespace and comments. It identifies valid tokens by using patterns and regular expressions. The lexical analyzer generates a sequence of tokens that is passed to the subsequent syntax analysis phase. It helps locate errors by providing line and column numbers.
The document summarizes the key aspects of direct linking loaders. A direct linking loader allows for multiple procedure and data segments and flexible intersegment referencing. It provides assembler output with the length and symbol tables (USE and DEFINITION) to the loader. The loader performs two passes, building a Global External Symbol Table in Pass 1 and performing relocation and linking in Pass 2 using the object decks with External Symbol Dictionary, instructions/data, and relocation/linkage sections. This allows combining and executing object code from separate object programs.
We have learnt that any computer system is made of hardware and software.
The hardware understands a language, which humans cannot understand. So we write programs in high-level language, which is easier for us to understand and remember.
These programs are then fed into a series of tools and OS components to get the desired code that can be used by the machine.
This is known as Language Processing System.
There are two main types of language processing activities: program generation and program execution. Program generation aims to automatically generate a program in a target language from a source program through a program generator. Program execution can occur through either translation, which translates a source program into an equivalent target program, or interpretation, where an interpreter reads and executes the source program statement-by-statement.
The document provides an overview of compilers by discussing:
1. Compilers translate source code into executable target code by going through several phases including lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis, code optimization, and code generation.
2. An interpreter directly executes source code statement by statement while a compiler produces target code as translation. Compiled code generally runs faster than interpreted code.
3. The phases of a compiler include a front end that analyzes the source code and produces intermediate code, and a back end that optimizes and generates the target code.
A compiler is a program that translates a program written in one language into an equivalent target language. The front end checks syntax and semantics, while the back end translates the source code into assembly code. The compiler performs lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis, code generation, optimization, and error handling. It identifies errors at compile time to help produce efficient, error-free code.
The document discusses the role and implementation of a lexical analyzer. It can be summarized as:
1. A lexical analyzer scans source code, groups characters into lexemes, and produces tokens which it returns to the parser upon request. It handles tasks like removing whitespace and expanding macros.
2. It implements buffering techniques to efficiently scan large inputs and uses transition diagrams to represent patterns for matching tokens.
3. Regular expressions are used to specify patterns for tokens, and flex is a common language for implementing lexical analyzers based on these specifications.
The document discusses recursive definitions of formal languages using regular expressions. It provides examples of recursively defining languages like INTEGER, EVEN, and factorial. Regular expressions can be used to concisely represent languages. The recursive definition of a regular expression is given. Examples are provided of regular expressions for various languages over an alphabet. Regular languages are those generated by regular expressions, and operations on regular expressions correspond to operations on the languages they represent.
Lex is a program generator designed for lexical processing of character input streams. It works by translating a table of regular expressions and corresponding program fragments provided by the user into a program. This program then reads an input stream, partitions it into strings matching the given expressions, and executes the associated program fragments in order. Flex is a fast lexical analyzer generator that is an alternative to Lex. It generates scanners that recognize lexical patterns in text based on pairs of regular expressions and C code provided by the user.
Compiler Design LR parsing SLR ,LALR CLRRiazul Islam
The document introduces LR parsing and simple LR parsing. It discusses LR(k) parsing which scans input from left to right and constructs a rightmost derivation in reverse. It then focuses on simple LR parsing and describes parser states and items. Examples of parsing expressions are provided to illustrate closure computation. The document also discusses more powerful LR parsers that use lookahead and the canonical LR and LALR methods. It provides examples of LR(1) item sets and describes constructing an LALR parsing table.
The document discusses the different phases of a compiler:
1) The front end checks the syntax and semantics of the source code and the back end translates it to assembly code.
2) The front end contains lexical analysis, preprocessing, syntax analysis, and semantic analysis. The back end contains analysis, optimization, and code generation.
3) Optimization aims to improve the intermediate code to increase performance by reducing complexity and leading to faster execution.
The document discusses lexical analysis and how it relates to parsing in compilers. It introduces basic terminology like tokens, patterns, lexemes, and attributes. It describes how a lexical analyzer works by scanning input, identifying tokens, and sending tokens to a parser. Regular expressions are used to specify patterns for token recognition. Finite automata like nondeterministic and deterministic finite automata are constructed from regular expressions to recognize tokens.
Compiler Construction
Phases of a compiler
Analysis and synthesis phases
-------------------
-> Compilation Issues
-> Phases of compilation
-> Structure of compiler
-> Code Analysis
1. A parse tree shows how the start symbol of a grammar derives a string in the language by using interior nodes labeled with nonterminals and children labeled with terminals or nonterminals according to the grammar's productions.
2. An ambiguous grammar is one where a single string can have more than one parse tree, leftmost derivation, rightmost derivation, or other derivation according to the grammar.
3. Operator precedence and associativity determine the order of operations when multiple operators are present in an expression. For example, multiplication generally has higher precedence than addition, and most operators associate left-to-right.
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The document discusses lexical analysis in compiler design. It covers the role of the lexical analyzer, tokenization, and representation of tokens using finite automata. Regular expressions are used to formally specify patterns for tokens. A lexical analyzer generator converts these specifications into a finite state machine (FSM) implementation to recognize tokens in the input stream. The FSM is typically a deterministic finite automaton (DFA) for efficiency, even though a nondeterministic finite automaton (NFA) may require fewer states.
The document discusses the role and implementation of a lexical analyzer in compilers. A lexical analyzer is the first phase of a compiler that reads source code characters and generates a sequence of tokens. It groups characters into lexemes and determines the tokens based on patterns. A lexical analyzer may need to perform lookahead to unambiguously determine tokens. It associates attributes with tokens, such as symbol table entries for identifiers. The lexical analyzer and parser interact through a producer-consumer relationship using a token buffer.
The document discusses the design of an assembler. It begins by outlining the general design procedure, which includes specifying the problem, defining data structures like symbol tables and opcode tables, specifying data formats, and specifying algorithms. It then discusses the specific design of an assembler, including stating the problem, defining data structures like symbol tables and opcode tables, specifying table formats, and looking for modularity. Finally, it provides an example assembly language program and discusses how the assembler would process it using the defined data structures and tables during its first and second passes.
This document discusses parsing and different parsing techniques. It defines parsing as the process of verifying that tokens generated by a lexical analyzer follow the syntactic rules of a language. Parsers can be top-down or bottom-up. Top-down parsers build the parse tree from the root to leaves by following leftmost derivations, while bottom-up parsers start from the leaves and work upwards. The document also discusses LL(1), SLR, and LR(1) parsing techniques, including how to construct parsing tables and handle conflicts. LR(1) parsers are more restrictive than SLR(1) parsers in where they allow reduce operations.
The lexical analyzer is the first phase of a compiler. It takes source code as input and breaks it down into tokens by removing whitespace and comments. It identifies valid tokens by using patterns and regular expressions. The lexical analyzer generates a sequence of tokens that is passed to the subsequent syntax analysis phase. It helps locate errors by providing line and column numbers.
The lexical analyzer takes a string of characters as input and divides it into tokens, filtering out whitespace and comments. It interacts with the parser by returning tokens one by one when called. The lexical analyzer simplifies the work of the parser by eliminating unwanted tokens and errors are correlated with line numbers. It is sometimes divided into a scanning and analysis process. In comparison, the parser performs syntax analysis by creating an abstract representation and symbol table entries while the lexical analyzer identifies tokens and inserts them into the symbol table.
The document discusses lexical analysis, which is the first phase of compilation. It involves reading the source code and grouping characters into meaningful sequences called lexemes. Each lexeme is mapped to a token that is passed to the subsequent parsing phase. Regular expressions are used to specify patterns for tokens. A lexical analyzer uses finite automata to recognize tokens based on these patterns. Lexical analyzers may also perform tasks like removing comments and whitespace from the source code.
The document discusses the lexical analysis phase of a compiler. In lexical analysis, the source code is divided into tokens. Common token types include keywords, identifiers, and special symbols. Lexical analyzers perform pattern matching and techniques used for lexical analysis can also be applied to other areas like query languages. Lex is a tool that can generate an automaton recognizer for regular expressions to specify lexical analyzers. The role of a lexical analyzer is to read input characters and produce a sequence of tokens for the parser to use in syntax analysis.
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Lexical Analysis, Tokens, Patterns, Lexemes, Example pattern, Stages of a Lexical Analyzer, Regular expressions to the lexical analysis, Implementation of Lexical Analyzer, Lexical analyzer: use as generator.
The document discusses the roles of compilers and interpreters. It explains that a compiler translates an entire program into machine code in one pass, while an interpreter translates and executes code line-by-line. The document also covers the basics of lexical analysis, including how it breaks source code into tokens by removing whitespace and comments. It provides an example of tokens identified in a code snippet and discusses how the lexical analyzer works with the symbol table and syntax analyzer.
The document discusses the differences between compilers and interpreters. It states that a compiler translates an entire program into machine code in one pass, while an interpreter translates and executes code line by line. A compiler is generally faster than an interpreter, but is more complex. The document also provides an overview of the lexical analysis phase of compiling, including how it breaks source code into tokens, creates a symbol table, and identifies patterns in lexemes.
The document discusses lexical analysis in compilers. It begins with an overview of lexical analysis and its role as the first phase of a compiler. It describes how a lexical analyzer works by reading the source program as a stream of characters and grouping them into lexemes (tokens). Regular expressions are used to specify patterns for tokens. The document then discusses specific topics like lexical errors, input buffering techniques, specification of tokens using regular expressions and grammars, recognition of tokens using transition diagrams, and the transition diagram for identifiers and keywords.
The document discusses lexical analysis in compilers. It defines lexical analysis as the first phase of compilation that reads the source code characters and groups them into meaningful tokens. It describes how a lexical analyzer works by generating tokens in the form of <token name, attribute value> from the source code lexemes. Examples of tokens generated for a sample program are provided. Methods for handling lexical errors, buffering input, specifying tokens with regular expressions and recognizing tokens using transition diagrams are also summarized.
The document defines different phases of a compiler and describes Lexical Analysis in detail. It discusses:
1) A compiler converts a high-level language to machine language through front-end and back-end phases including Lexical Analysis, Syntax Analysis, Semantic Analysis, Intermediate Code Generation, Code Optimization and Code Generation.
2) Lexical Analysis scans the source code and groups characters into tokens by removing whitespace and comments. It identifies tokens like identifiers, keywords, operators etc.
3) A lexical analyzer generator like Lex takes a program written in the Lex language and produces a C program that acts as a lexical analyzer.
Lex and Yacc are compiler-writing tools that are used to specify lexical tokens and context-free grammars. Lex is used to specify lexical tokens and their processing order, while Yacc is used to specify context-free grammars for LALR(1) parsing. Both tools have a long history in computing and were originally developed in the early days of Unix on minicomputers. Lex reads a specification of lexical patterns and actions and generates a C program that implements a lexical analyzer. The generated C program defines a function called yylex() that scans the input and returns the recognized tokens.
This document provides information about the CS213 Programming Languages Concepts course taught by Prof. Taymoor Mohamed Nazmy in the computer science department at Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt. It describes the syntax and semantics of programming languages, discusses different programming language paradigms like imperative, functional, and object-oriented, and explains concepts like lexical analysis, parsing, semantic analysis, symbol tables, intermediate code generation, optimization, and code generation which are parts of the compiler design process.
This document summarizes a lecture on lexical analysis in compiler design. It discusses the role of the lexical analyzer in separating a compiler into lexical analysis and parsing phases. Lexical analyzers tokenize input strings by matching lexemes to patterns, producing a sequence of tokens. Regular expressions are used to specify patterns and define languages of valid tokens. Transition diagrams are constructed to represent the patterns and guide recognition of tokens in the input. The lecture also covers topics like lexical errors, input buffering, and techniques for recognizing reserved words and identifiers.
This document discusses compiler construction and error handling. It describes the basic tasks of an error handler as detection, reporting, and recovery of errors encountered during compilation. Errors are classified and the document focuses on lexical analysis. The lexical analyzer takes source code as character streams and breaks it into tokens based on predefined patterns and grammar rules. It generates errors for invalid tokens and works closely with the syntax analyzer by passing tokenized data.
This document discusses compiler construction and error handling. It describes the basic tasks of an error handler as detection, reporting, and recovery of errors encountered during compilation. Errors are classified and the document focuses on lexical analysis. The lexical analyzer takes source code as character streams and breaks it into tokens based on predefined patterns and grammar rules. It generates errors for invalid tokens and works closely with the syntax analyzer by passing tokenized data.
This document provides an introduction to compilers and their construction. It defines a compiler as a program that translates a source program into target machine code. The compilation process involves several phases including lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis, code optimization, and code generation. An interpreter directly executes source code without compilation. The document also discusses compiler tools and intermediate representations used in the compilation process.
The document provides an overview of compilers and interpreters. It discusses that a compiler translates source code into machine code that can be executed, while an interpreter executes source code directly without compilation. The document then covers the typical phases of a compiler in more detail, including the front-end (lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis), middle-end/optimizer, and back-end (code generation). It also discusses interpreters, intermediate code representation, symbol tables, and compiler construction tools.
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2. Lexical Analysis
Lexical analysis is the process of converting a
sequence of characters from source program into a
sequence of tokens.
3. Role of Lexical Analyzer
Lexical analyzer performs the following tasks:
• Reads the source program, scans the input characters,
group them into lexemes and produce the token as output.
• Enters the identified token into the symbol table.
• Strips out white spaces and comments from source
program.
• Correlates error messages with the source program i.e.,
displays error message with its occurrence by specifying the
line number.
• Expands the macros if it is found in the source program.
4. Need of Lexical Analyzer
Simplicity of design of compiler The removal of white
spaces and comments enables the syntax analyzer for
efficient syntactic constructs.
Compiler efficiency is improved Specialized buffering
techniques for reading characters speed up the
compiler process
5. TYPES OF LEXICAL
ANALYSIS
A program which performs lexical analysis is termed as a
lexical analyzer (lexer), tokenizer or scanner.
Lexical analysis consists of two stages of processing which
are as follows:
• Scanning
• Tokenization
6. Token
Token is a valid sequence of characters which are given by lexeme.
In a programming language :
• keywords,
• constant,
• identifiers,
• numbers,
• operators and
• punctuations symbols
are possible tokens to be identified.
7. Pattern
Pattern describes a rule that must be matched by
sequence of characters (lexemes) to form a token. It
can be defined by regular expressions or grammar
rules.
8. Lexeme
Lexeme is a sequence of characters that matches
the pattern for a token i.e., instance of a token.
10. Tasks of lexical analyzer can be divided into two
processes:
Scanning: Performs reading of input characters, removal
of white spaces and comments.
Lexical Analysis: Produce tokens as the output.
Task
11. Lexical analysis is the process of producing tokens from the
source program. It has the following issues:
• Lookahead
• Ambiguities
ISSUES
12. Lookahead
Lookahead is required to decide when one token will end
and the next token will begin. The simple example which
has lookahead.
13. Ambiguities
If a language or syntax by when we can produce two or
more parse tree then that is ambiguity and this grammar is
called ambiguity grammar.
When more than one expression can match the current
input chooses as follows:
• The longest match is preferred.
• Among rules which matched the same number of
characters, the rule given first is preferred.
14. Lexical Errors
1. A character sequence that cannot be scanned into any valid
token is a lexical error.
2.Lexical errors are uncommon, but they still must be handled by a
scanner.
3.Misspelling of identifiers, keyword, or operators are considered
as lexical errors.
Usually, a lexical error is caused by the appearance of some illegal
character, mostly at the beginning of a token.
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