Lex

Format

definition part
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token rule
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C program

Process

1. generate C language

    lex test.lex
   

2. generate program

    cc lex.yy.c --ll
   

3. execute a.out

Examples

Number recognition

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[0-9][0-9]*    printf("%s\n", yytext);
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Name, positive number, and some keywords

%{
  int lineno;
%}
DIGIT [0-9]
ID    [a-z][a-z0-9]
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{DIGIT}+            printf("int: %s\n", yytext);
{DIGIT}+"."{DIGIT}* printf("float: %s\n", yytext);
{ID}                printf("id: %s\n", yytext);
if                  printf("if\n");
else                printf("else\n");
then                printf("then\n");
while               printf("while\n");
for                 printf("for\n");
";"                 printf("semicolon\n");
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