Function of a Parser Takes the sequence of tokens produced by the scanner as its input and produces the syntax tree as its output. Parser Sequence of tokens Syntax-Tree
Attributes – Any property of a programming language construct such as The data type of a variable The value of an expression The location of a variable in memory
The memory of a typical computer: A register area; Addressable Random access memory (RAM): A code area; A data area. The code area is fixed prior to execution, and can be visualized as follows:
