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Lexical analysis

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Recognition of lexical tokens in program text before or during parsing.
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Lexical analysis
A categorized piece of program text, such as a program identifier, a numeral denoting a literal value, or an operator symbol. Its spelling and category help a parser recognize the larger construct.

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