This document discusses lexical analysis and building a lexical analyzer for a programming language. It explains that lexical analysis is the process of converting a sequence of characters into tokens. It then describes tokens as the smallest meaningful units of a language. The document provides an example of a lexical analyzer built with Python Lex-Yacc, including defining token types with regular expressions, building and using the lexer, and sample output. It also notes some considerations like rule ordering, whitespace handling, line tracking, and comments.
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