# Source: flex
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Description: A fast lexical analyzer generator.
 flex is a tool for generating scanners: programs which recognized lexical
 patterns in text. flex reads the given input files for a description of a
 scanner to generate. The description is in the form of pairs of regular
 expressions and C code, called rules. flex generates as output a C source
 file, lex.yy.c, which defines a routine yylex().  This file is compiled
 and linked with the -lfl library to produce an executable. When the
 executable is run, it analyzes its input for occurrences of the regular
 expressions. Whenever it finds one, it executes the corresponding C code.
 .
 The behaviour of Flex has undergone a major change since version
 2.5.4a; Flex scanners are now reenterant, you may have multiple
 scanners in the same program with differing sets of defaults, and
 they play nicer with modern C and C++ compilers. The Flip side is
 that Flex no longer conforms to the POSIX lex behaviour, and the
 scanners require conforming implementations when flex is used in ANSI
 C mode. The package flex-old provides the older behaviour.
 .
 This product includes software developed by the University of California,
 Berkeley and its contributors. The upstream source code can be found at
 http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/flex/flex-2.5.33.tar.bz2?download
 The project web page is at http://flex.sf.net/
Description-es: un generador rápido de analizadores léxicos.
 Flex es una herramienta para generar escáneres: programas que reconocen
 patrones léxicos en textos. Flex lee los archivos de entrada que se le dan
 para obtener la descripción del escáner a generar. La descripción está en
 forma de pares de expresiones regulares en código C, denominadas reglas.
 Flex genera como salida un archivo de código en C, lex.yy.c, que define una
 rutina yylex(). Este archivo se compila y enlaza con la biblioteca -lfl
 para producir un ejecutable. Cuando se ejecute el ejecutable, analiza su
 entrada buscando apariciones de la expresión regular. Cuando encuentra
 una, ejecuta el correspondiente código en C.
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 .
 Este producto incluye software desarrollado por la Universidad de
 California, Berkeley y sus colaboradores. El código fuente del desarrollo
 se puede obtener de
 http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/flex/flex-2.5.33.tar.bz2?download
 La página web del proyecto está en http://flex.sf.net/

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