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Flex - a scanner generator

Flex - a scanner generator

This manual documents flex. It covers release 2.5.

1.0 Name
1.1 Synopsis
1.2 Overview
1.3 Description
1.4 Some simple examples
1.5 Format of the input file
1.6 Patterns
1.7 How the input is matched
1.8 Actions
1.9 The generated scanner
1.10 Start conditions
1.11 Multiple input buffers
1.12 End-of-file rules
1.13 Miscellaneous macros
1.14 Values available to the user
1.15 Interfacing with yacc
1.16 Options
1.17 Performance considerations
1.18 Generating C++ scanners
1.19 Incompatibilities with lex and POSIX
1.20 Diagnostics
1.21 Files
1.22 Deficiencies / Bugs
1.23 See also
1.24 Author