Question

Semantic Analyser is used for?

(a) Generating Object code

(b) Maintaining symbol table

(c) Generating Object code & Maintaining symbol table

(d) None of the mentioned

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Answer 1

Right answer is (c) Generating Object code & Maintaining symbol table

For explanation: Maintaining the Symbol Table for each block.

Source Program for Semantic Errors.

Collects Type Information for Code Generation.

Reporting compile-time errors in the code Generating the object code (e.g., assembler or intermediate code).