Computer Science 340
Programming Languages
Fall 2019, Siena College
Lecture 8: Lexical Analysis
Date: Monday, September 23, 2019
Agenda
- Announcements
- Read the rest of Sebesta Ch. 4, aim for Sections 4.3
and 4.4 for Wednesday.
- Problem Set 2 out
- Lexical analysis
Terminology
- lexical analysis
- pattern matcher
- regular expression
- deterministic finite automaton/state diagram
- regular language/regular grammar
Examples