lexical analysis
English
Noun
lexical analysis (countable and uncountable, plural lexical analyses)
- (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.
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conversion of a stream of characters to a stream of meaningful tokens
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