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lexernoun
A computer program that performs lexical analysis.
Etymology: ultimately from lexical.
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lexer
In computer science, lexical analysis, lexing or tokenization is the process of converting a sequence of characters (such as in a computer program or web page) into a sequence of lexical tokens (strings with an assigned and thus identified meaning). A program that performs lexical analysis may be termed a lexer, tokenizer, or scanner, although scanner is also a term for the first stage of a lexer. A lexer is generally combined with a parser, which together analyze the syntax of programming languages, web pages, and so forth.
The New Hacker's Dictionary
lexer
Common hacker shorthand for lexical analyzer, the input-tokenizing stage in the parser for a language (the part that breaks it into word-like pieces). “Some C lexers get confused by the old-style compound ops like =-.”
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The numerical value of lexer in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
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The numerical value of lexer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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