COMPILER DESIGN

SYNTAX ANALYSIS

ROLE OF THE PARSER

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which tool is used for grouping of characters in tokens in the compiler?
A
Scanner
B
Code generator
C
Code optimizer
D
Parser
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Explanation: Scanner is used for grouping characters into tokens.

Detailed explanation-2: -Explanation: lexical analysis is the process of converting a sequence of characters into a sequence of tokens.

Detailed explanation-3: -A syntax analyzer or parser takes the input from a lexical analyzer in the form of token streams. The parser analyzes the source code (token stream) against the production rules to detect any errors in the code.

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