Practice - The Role of Lexical Analysis: Breaking Down the Raw Input
Practice Questions
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What is the main role of lexical analysis in a compiler?
💡 Hint: Think of how speech is converted into words and sentences.
Name one advantage of separating lexical analysis from parsing.
💡 Hint: Consider how each phase focuses on its task.
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What does a lexical analyzer do?
💡 Hint: Think about the order of operations in a compiler.
True or False: Lexical analysis and parsing are combined in modern compilers.
💡 Hint: Think about how tasks are divided among different phases.
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Given the following code, identify the lexemes and their corresponding tokens: 'for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)'.
💡 Hint: Focus on each part of the code and think about what kind of token represents it.
Analyze why separating the lexical analysis phase helps with error detection earlier in the compilation process.
💡 Hint: Consider the workflow of a compiler and how errors can propagate.
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