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hemanexp 01-07-2004 09:07 AM

Lex & yacc Programming in linux.
 
Hi,
I developed an application using lex & yacc. It is a simple calculator which does add, subtract and multiplication. The program is compiled correctly without errors. But when i execute the program, it is giving 0 as output irrespective of input and the result is always 0.000. For example if the input is 3.2 + 4.5, the output is 0.000. I dont know where i have gone wrong. The programs are given below.

cal.l
------

%{
#include "global.h"
#include "y.tab.h"
#include <stdlib.h>
%}
white [ \t]+
digit [0-9]
integer {digit}+
real {integer}("."{integer})?
%%
{white} { }
{real} {yyval=atof(yytext);
return (NUMBER);}
"+" return (PLUS);
"-" return (MINUS);
"*" return (TIMES);
"\n" return (END);

-------------------------------------------------
cal.y
------

%{
#include "global.h"
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
%}
%token NUMBER
%token PLUS MINUS TIMES
%token END

%left PLUS MINUS TIMES

%start Input
%%

Input:
| Input Line
;

Line:
END
| Expression END {printf("\n Result: %f",$1);}
;

Expression:
NUMBER { $$=$1; }
| Expression PLUS Expression { $$=$1+$3;}
| Expression MINUS Expression { $$=$1-$3; }
| Expression TIMES Expression { $$=$1*$3; }

;
%%

int yyerror(char *s)
{
printf("%s\n",s);
}

int main(void)
{
yyparse();
}

global.h
---------
#define YYSTYPE double
extern YYSTYPE yyval;


Result:
-------
[root@mycal]# yacc -d cal.y
[root@mycal]# lex cal.l
[root@mycal]# gcc -o cal y.tab.c lex.yy.c -lfl
[root@mycal]# ./cal
2.3+4.2
Result: 0.000000
[root@mycal]#


Let know what is the problem and how to solve it.

Thanx.

jtshaw 01-07-2004 10:42 AM

I would recommend printing out all the arguments to make sure you are parsing them as you intended it too. It has been a long time since I have used lex and yacc but I am guessing you are getting 0's for all your values with that code.

This should probably be moved to the programming forum....

jtshaw 01-07-2004 11:09 AM

Ok... so I decided to do some debugging for you because I was bored...

You are setting yyval correctly. You are also correctly determining which operation you are doing. However, $1 is always 0.0000 when your number case comes up so this is where your problem lies. I'll leave the rest to you.


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