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A formal grammar is a set of production rules that describe how to form strings of valid syntax. Formal grammars are most often used to specify the syntax of a programming language.

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Yet another lexical analyser

I've never learned about lexers, so I can only answer 1-4 confidently. I hope this helps to answer some of your questions. I found your code quite easy to follow. I was able to read from top to bo …
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