Re: Parse

These guys are absolutely right. To take the example further, lets say you have this math expression:

Z=(A-(C*K))
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when you parse this, it becomes

                              =
                           /      \
                         -         Z
                       /   \
                     A      *
                           / \
                          C   K

So parsing something really is about breaking it down into its individual chunks and pieces. For instance, a parser might break your c++ program into functions, or your word into letters. If you have a whole made of parts, the parser looks at those parts. Make sense? Check out the definitions linked above, they're probably better at explaining it than I am. Hope that helped a little. PS The above is a "parse tree", certainly not the only way to parse or represent a parse. Just so you know.

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Re^2: Parse by Anonymous Monk on Mar 18, 2014 at 09:25 UTC
Alternate parse representation of `$Z=($A-($C$K))` care of ppi_dumper :) notice how it labels each part :) `PPI::Document PPI::Statement PPI::Token::Symbol '$Z' PPI::Token::Operator '=' PPI::Structure::List ( ... ) PPI::Statement::Expression PPI::Token::Symbol '$A' PPI::Token::Operator '-' PPI::Structure::List ( ... ) PPI::Statement::Expression PPI::Token::Symbol '$C' PPI::Token::Operator '' PPI::Token::Symbol '$K'` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Parse by Anonymous Monk on Dec 07, 2012 at 06:43 UTC
analysing or separating the text in to processed components known as parsing in computer science field and in general it means that elaborating the given text in to understandable format.	[reply]
Re^2: Parse by Anonymous Monk on May 14, 2015 at 12:30 UTC
Parsing information is a management attribute, that defines the ability to select the salient points from a large amount of submitted information. The ability enables the discovery of the needle in the haystack.	[reply]