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"Ginfan" <no.reply@no.spam.org> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I'm writing a progam to help me document my code. What I want to do is
> parse the entire code for functions, classes, variables, control
> structures and so forth.
> So far I have managed some, but my skills are lacking.
>
> From what I understand I need to learn about lexical analysis. Is this
> correct ?
>
> If so can anybody guide me to some tutorials (Preferably with examples,
> and preferably in Delphi) or suggest books.
> I have not been lucky in my search so far.
>
> If not, could you please tell me what I should be looking into instead.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Johnny
>
> This message is crossposted in alt.comp.programming,
> borland.public.delphi.objectpascal and comp.programming.

Why not news:comp.compilers where they talk about lexing?

If there is a formal grammar for Delphi it won't be very hard.
If you have to figure it out yourself, you've got quite a job on your hands.
You might look at projects like p2c, which will probably give you a good
head start.

Try this query:
http://www.google.com/search?q=parser+generator
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