Lexing vs Parsing
Parsing: Recognize sentence structure
Lexers: Recognize words
Example:
Sentence | Parser | Lexer |
---|---|---|
I eat food | Correct | Correct |
food eat I | Wrong | Correct |
Parsing: Recognize sentence structure
Lexers: Recognize words
Example:
Sentence | Parser | Lexer |
---|---|---|
I eat food | Correct | Correct |
food eat I | Wrong | Correct |