I was writing an LL(1) parser for an expression grammar. I had the following grammar:
E -> E E
E -> E - E
E -> E * E
E -> E / E
E -> INT
However, this is left recursive and I removed the left recursion with the following grammar:
E -> INT E'
E' -> INT E'
E' -> - INT E'
E' -> * INT E'
E' -> / INT E'
E' -> ε
If I was to have the expression 1 2 * 3
, how would the parser know to evaluate the multiplication before the addition?
CodePudding user response:
Try this:
; an expression is an addition
E -> ADD
; an addition is a multiplication that is optionally followed
; by - and another addition
ADD -> MUL T
T -> PM ADD
T -> ε
PM ->
PM -> -
; a multiplication is an integer that is optionally followed
; by */ and another multiplication
MUL -> INT G
G -> MD MUL
G -> ε
MD -> *
MD -> /
; an integer is a digit that is optionally followed by an integer
INT -> DIGIT J
J -> INT
J -> ε
; digits
DIGIT -> 0
DIGIT -> 1
DIGIT -> 2
DIGIT -> 3
DIGIT -> 4
DIGIT -> 5
DIGIT -> 6
DIGIT -> 7
DIGIT -> 8
DIGIT -> 9