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From: awade@isis.cs.du.edu (allen wade)
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Subject: lex and yacc help desired
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Hello,

I am fairly new to Lex and Yacc and I am tring to develop a
language definition for a small report processer. I have the book
Introduction to Complier Construction by Scheiner and Friedman,
But I feel a little lost as how to start. My input lines will
generally look like this:

|MEDINA|ANTOINIO|01/14/62|M|(312)778-2540|60629|GARFIELD|LAREN|GP|DC101A|

I am able to figure out the regular expressions for Lex, but I am confused
about how Lex and Yacc work together.

Any help will be most appreciated.

__________
Allen Wade
Consumer Health Services        Boulder, CO
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