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Flex - Generates text-scanning programs
Flex is a tool for generating programs that
recognize lexical patterns in text. There are many applications for
Flex, including writing compilers in conjunction with GNU Bison. Flex
is a free implementation of the well known Lex program. It features a
Lex compatibility mode, and also provides several new features such as
exclusive start conditions.
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| | Version 2.5.31 (devel) released on 1997-07-27 | | | Licensed under BSDAdClause. | | This is not a GNU package. |
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DocumentationUser manual available in HTML, Info, ASCII, dvi, PostScript, and TeXinfo formats from http://www.gnu.org/software/flex/manual/
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| Interfaces | command line |
| Source languages | C |
| Related programs | Bison |
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