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Start the program.
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Lex program consists of three parts.
a. Declaration %%
b. Translation rules %%
c. Auxilary procedure.
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The declaration section includes declaration of variables, maintest, constants and regular definitions.
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Translation rule of lex program are statements of the form
a. P1 {action}
b. P2 {action}
c. …
d. …
e. Pn {action}
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Write a program in the vi editor and save it with .l extension.
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Compile the lex program with lex compiler to produce output file as lex.yy.c. eg $ lex filename.l $ cc lex.yy.c
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Compile that file with C compiler and verify the output.
/* program name is lexp.l */
%{
/* program to recognize a c program */
int COMMENT=0;
%}
identifier [a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*
%%
#.* { printf("\n%s is a PREPROCESSOR DIRECTIVE",yytext);}
int |
float |
char |
double |
while |
for |
do |
if |
break |
continue |
void |
switch |
case |
long |
struct |
const |
typedef |
return |
else |
goto {printf("\n\t%s is a KEYWORD",yytext);}
"/*" {COMMENT = 1;}
"*/" {COMMENT = 0;}
{identifier}\( {if(!COMMENT)printf("\n\nFUNCTION\n\t%s",yytext);}
\{ {if(!COMMENT) printf("\n BLOCK BEGINS");}
\} {if(!COMMENT) printf("\n BLOCK ENDS");}
{identifier}(\[[0-9]*\])? {if(!COMMENT) printf("\n %s IDENTIFIER",yytext);}
\".*\" {if(!COMMENT) printf("\n\t%s is a STRING",yytext);}
[0-9]+ {if(!COMMENT) printf("\n\t%s is a NUMBER",yytext);}
\)(\;)? {if(!COMMENT) printf("\n\t");ECHO;printf("\n");}
\( ECHO;
= {if(!COMMENT)printf("\n\t%s is an ASSIGNMENT OPERATOR",yytext);}
\<= |
\>= |
\< |
== |
\> {if(!COMMENT) printf("\n\t%s is a RELATIONAL OPERATOR",yytext);}
%%
int main(int argc,char **argv)
{
if (argc > 1)
{
FILE *file;
file = fopen(argv[1],"r");
if(!file)
{
printf("could not open %s \n",argv[1]);
exit(0);
}
yyin = file;
}
yylex();
printf("\n\n");
return 0;
} int yywrap()
{
return 0;
}