lexical analysis

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Noun

lexical analysis (countable and uncountable, plural lexical analyses)

1. (computer science) The conversion of a stream of characters to a stream of meaningful tokens; normally to simplify parsing.

   While it's often not difficult to identify tokens while parsing, having a separate stage for lexical analysis simplifies the structure of your compiler.

Derived terms

• lex
• lexer

Related terms

• lexical analyzer

Translations

conversion of a stream of characters to a stream of meaningful tokens

Chinese: Mandarin: 词法分析 Icelandic: lesgreining f Japanese: 字句解析 Malay: analisis leksikal Romanian: analiză lexicală Vietnamese: phân tích từ vựng

See also

• parsing
• semantic analysis