Which among the following is used to group the characters into tokens?

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Which among the following is used to group the characters into tokens?

  1. A.

    Parser

  2. B.

    Code generator

  3. C.

    Lexical analyser

  4. D.

    None of the above

  5. E.

    Question not attempted

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Correct answer: C

The lexical analyser (scanner) reads the input as a stream of characters and groups them into tokens (like keywords, identifiers, operators).
⇒ Hence, it is responsible for grouping characters into tokens.

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