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How to handle operator precedence in an LL(1) parser

Time:11-08

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
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