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==Publications== | ==Publications== | ||
* M.E. Lesk; Eric Schmidt: ''Lex - A Lexical Analyzer Generator'' - Computing Science Technical Report No. 39, Bell Laboratories 1979 | * M.E. Lesk; Eric Schmidt: ''Lex - A Lexical Analyzer Generator'' - Computing Science Technical Report No. 39, Bell Laboratories 1979 | ||
* John R. Levine; Tony Mason; Doug Brown: ''Lex & Yacc'' - O'Reilly 1992, ISBN 1-56592-000-7 | |||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
Revision as of 17:47, 3 July 2022
Lex is a tool that looks for logical units (lexemes) in sequences of characters. This is typically the first tasks a compiler does after it has when he is has to do is read the source program and group its characters into lexemes.
OS/2 Tools
- MKS lex & yacc
- flex
- Thinkage YAY [1]
- Turbo Pascal Lex/YACC - Open source tool that uses L/Y syntax but outputs Turbo Pascal compatible code.
- Editor support
- jEdit - Java based - Lex syntax highlighting built in, YACC available as a separate download
- NEdit - XFree86 - Auto-indent, autocomplete and syntax highlighting for YACC BNF files
Publications
- M.E. Lesk; Eric Schmidt: Lex - A Lexical Analyzer Generator - Computing Science Technical Report No. 39, Bell Laboratories 1979
- John R. Levine; Tony Mason; Doug Brown: Lex & Yacc - O'Reilly 1992, ISBN 1-56592-000-7