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lexical analyses

lexical analyses is the plural of lexical analysis.

Meaning of lexical analysis

Noun

lexical analysis (countable and uncountable, plural lexical analyses)

  1. 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.

Questions about lexical analyses

What is lexical analyses the plural of?
Lexical analyses is the plural of lexical analysis.

Words near lexical analyses in the dictionary

  1. lexiarchs
  2. lexias
  3. lexic
  4. lexica
  5. lexical
  6. lexical analyses
  7. lexical analysis
  8. lexical analyzer
  9. lexical analyzers
  10. lexical aspect
  11. lexical aspects

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