Re: [Flex-help] I really thank you for your advice. Arthur Schwarz.

[Will E. <wes...@gm...>]

No, flex (or any lexer) is not what you want, since the task you describe is not lexing. It sounds like you don't want a parser either.

On Tuesday,  7 July 2015,  8:38 am -0700, Arthur Schwarz <asc...@at...> wrote:

> This issue is not whether flex can handle the search, the issue is whether
> a lexical analyzer is powerful enough or whether, e.g., a parser (bison) is
> needed, and whether there are more specific tools which yield the same or
> better answers faster.
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> Try looking at:  
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> Flexigble Pattern Matching in Strings
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> Gonzalo Navarro & Mathier Raffinot
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> Cambridge University Press
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> ISBN 0 521 81307 7
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> Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2015 8:23 AM
> To: Arthur Schwarz
> Subject: RE: [Flex-help] I really thank you for your advice. Arthur Schwarz.
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> Dear Arthur Schwarz.
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> Thank you very much for your advice and explanation.
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> You are right. 
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> In the applications such as pattern matching in network processor, security
> devices, gene matching.
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> Multiple pattern matching is required.
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> I just have a question that flex can be used to these applications.
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> Thank you very much.
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