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The action of parsing the source program into the proper syntactic classes is known as________________?

Correct answer: A. lexical analysis

  • A. lexical analysis
  • B. syntax analysis
  • C. general syntax analysis
  • D. interpretation analysis

Explanation

Lexical analysis groups the character stream into tokens or syntactic classes such as identifiers, keywords, and operators. Syntax analysis then checks how those tokens fit the grammar.

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