LEX Code to identify and print valid Identifier of C/C++ in given Input pattern

In this article, we going to learn how to create LEX program to analysis whether a input is identifier or not?
Submitted by Ashish Varshney, on March 24, 2018

For achieve to this task we create some rules in rule section in the code.

Example:

    Input: var
    Output: Identifier
    Input: 123
    Output: Not a Identifier

/*Definition Section*/
%{
#include<stdio.h>
%}


/*Rule Section*/
%%

/*put all words in a single line, which are broken in 4 lines*.
auto|double|int|struct|break|else|long|switch|case|
enum|register|typedef|char|extern|return|union|continue
|for|signed|void|do|if|static|while|default|goto|sizeof
|volatile|const|float|short|unsigned;

/*Check the token, if token is match with 
pattern then it will print identifier.*/
([a-zA-Z][0-9])+|[a-zA-Z]* {printf("Identifier\n");}   

^[0-9]+ {printf("Not a Identifier\n");}

.|\n; 
%%

/*call the yywrap function*/
int yywrap()					
{
return 1;
}

/*Auxiliary function*/
/*Driver function*/
int main(void)
{
/*call the yylex function.*/
yylex();						
return 0;
}

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