Linux Application Development

Michael K. Johnson Erik W. Troan

Flex, version 2.5

A fast scanner generator

Edition 2.5, March 1995

• Name
• Synopsis
• Overview
• Description
• Some simple examples
• Format of the input file
• Patterns
• How the input is matched
• Actions
• The generated scanner
• Start conditions
• Multiple input buffers
• End-of-file rules
• Miscellaneous macros
• Values available to the user
• Interfacing with yacc
• Options
• Performance considerations
• Generating C++ scanners
• Incompatibilities with lex and POSIX
• Diagnostics
• Files
• Deficiencies / Bugs
• See also
• Author

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