Question 6
Which of the following is NOT a responsibility of the lexical analyzer?
Removing white spaces and comments
Recognizing keywords and identifiers
Checking whether parentheses are properly balanced
Producing tokens for the parser
Question 6: Which of the following is NOT a responsibility of the lex…
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Checking whether parentheses are properly balanced
Question 6 of 16 in the IIT Madras BS Compiler Design (Compiler Design) Quiz 1 paper sat on 19 Jul 2026, in the May 2026 term (Compiler Design 16 Jul 26). It carries 2 marks.
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