Question

Parsing is also known as ________

(a) Lexical Analysis

(b) Syntax Analysis

(c) Semantic Analysis

(d) Code Generation

The question was posed to me during an interview.

I need to ask this question from Lexical Analysis in section Compiler Introduction of Compiler

Answer 1

The correct choice is (b) Syntax Analysis

To elaborate: Parsing or syntactic analysis is the process of analysing a string of symbols and conforming to the rules of grammar.