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Subject : System Software Laboratory

Branch : Information Science & Engineering

Semester : 6

University : VTU

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PART – A

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5) a. Program to evaluate an arithmetic expression involving operators +, -, * and /.

5a.l

%{
#include “y.tab.h”
extern int yylval;
%}

%%
[0-9]+ { yylval=atoi(yytext);return NUM;}
[ t];
n return 0;
. return yytext[0];
%%

5a.y
/* 5a.y /
%{
#include<stdio.h>
%}
%token NUM
%left ‘-”+’
%left ‘”/’

%%
start: expr    {printf(“nValid expression.nValue: %d”,$1);}

expr: expr’+’expr   {$$=$1+$3;}
|expr’-‘expr    {$$=$1-$3;}
|expr’‘expr    {$$=$1$3;}
|expr’/’expr     {if($3==0)
yyerror(“Divide by zero”);
else
$$=$1/$3;
}
|'(‘ expr ‘)’  {$$=$2;}
|NUM
;
%%

main()
{
printf(“nEnter an expression: “);
yyparse();
return(0);
}

int yyerror(char *msg)
{
printf(“n%s”,msg);
printf(“nInvalid expression”);
exit(0);
}