flex

This manual documents flex . It covers release 2.5.

Name Name

Synopsis Synopsis

Overview Overview

Description Description

Examples Some simple examples

Format Format of the input file

Patterns Patterns

Matching How the input is matched

Actions Actions

Generated scanner The generated scanner

Start conditions Start conditions

Multiple buffers Multiple input buffers

End-of-file rules End-of-file rules

Miscellaneous Miscellaneous macros

User variables Values available to the user

YACC interface Interfacing with yacc

Options Options

Performance Performance considerations

C++ Generating C++ scanners

Incompatibilities Incompatibilities with lex and POSIX

Diagnostics Diagnostics

Files Files

Deficiencies Deficiencies / Bugs

See also See also

Author Author

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