(non) GNU Flex (Lexical Analyzer) Reference Manual

About (non) GNU Flex (Lexical Analyzer) Reference Manual Android App

Flex is a fast lexical analyser generator. It is a tool for generating programs that perform pattern-matching on text. Flex is a free (but non-GNU) implementation of the original Unix lex program.

The Flex Reference Manual provides beginners with a simple introduction to the basics, and experts will find advanced details they need.

In this you will see the following things below.

- 1.0 Name
- 1.1 Synopsis
- 1.2 Overview
- 1.3 Description
- 1.4 Some simple examples
- 1.5 Format of the input file
- 1.6 Patterns
- 1.7 How the input is matched
- 1.8 Actions
- 1.9 The generated scanner
- 1.10 Start conditions
- 1.11 Multiple input buffers
- 1.12 End-of-file rules
- 1.13 Miscellaneous macros
- 1.14 Values available to the user
- 1.15 Interfacing with yacc
- 1.16 Options
- 1.17 Performance considerations
- 1.18 Generating C++ scanners
- 1.19 Incompatibilities with lex and POSIX
- 1.20 Diagnostics
- 1.21 Files
- 1.22 Deficiencies / Bugs
- 1.23 See also
- 1.24 Author

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