lexical analysis

noun
/ˈlɛksɪkəl əˈnæləsɪs/US

Definitions

  1. The conversion of a stream of characters to a stream of meaningful tokens

    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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for lexical analysis. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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