lexical analysis

English

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