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Terminal and nonterminal symbols
In formal languages, terminal and nonterminal symbols are parts of the vocabulary under a formal grammar. Vocabulary is a finite, nonempty set of symbols. Terminal symbols are symbols that cannot be replaced by other symbols of the vocabulary. Nonterminal symbols are symbols that can be replaced by other symbols of the vocabulary by the production rules under the same formal grammar.
A formal grammar defines a formal language over the vocabulary of the grammar.
In the context of formal language, the term vocabulary is more commonly known as alphabet. Nonterminal symbols are also called syntactic variables.
Terminal symbols are those symbols that can appear in the formal language defined by a formal grammar. The process of applying the production rules successively to a start symbol might not terminate, but if it terminates when there is no more production rule can be applied, the output string will consist only of terminal symbols.
For example, consider a grammar defined by two rules. In this grammar, the symbol Б is a terminal symbol and Ψ is both a nonterminal symbol and the start symbol. The production rules for creating strings are as follows:
Here Б is a terminal symbol because no rule exists to replace it with other symbols. On the other hand, Ψ has two rules that can change it, thus it is nonterminal. The rules define a formal language that contains countably infinite many finite-length words by the fact that we can apply the first rule any countable times as we wish. Diagram 1 illustrates a string that can be produced with this grammar.
Nonterminal symbols are those symbols that cannot appear in the formal language defined by a formal grammar. A formal grammar includes a start symbol, which is a designated member of the set of nonterminal symbols. We can derive a set of strings of only terminal symbols by successively applying the production rules. The generated set is a formal language over the set of terminal symbols.
Context-free grammars are those grammars in which the left-hand side of each production rule consists of only a single nonterminal symbol. This restriction is non-trivial; not all languages can be generated by context-free grammars. Those that can are called context-free languages. These are exactly the languages that can be recognized by a non-deterministic push down automaton. Context-free languages are the theoretical basis for the syntax of most programming languages.
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Terminal and nonterminal symbols
In formal languages, terminal and nonterminal symbols are parts of the vocabulary under a formal grammar. Vocabulary is a finite, nonempty set of symbols. Terminal symbols are symbols that cannot be replaced by other symbols of the vocabulary. Nonterminal symbols are symbols that can be replaced by other symbols of the vocabulary by the production rules under the same formal grammar.
A formal grammar defines a formal language over the vocabulary of the grammar.
In the context of formal language, the term vocabulary is more commonly known as alphabet. Nonterminal symbols are also called syntactic variables.
Terminal symbols are those symbols that can appear in the formal language defined by a formal grammar. The process of applying the production rules successively to a start symbol might not terminate, but if it terminates when there is no more production rule can be applied, the output string will consist only of terminal symbols.
For example, consider a grammar defined by two rules. In this grammar, the symbol Б is a terminal symbol and Ψ is both a nonterminal symbol and the start symbol. The production rules for creating strings are as follows:
Here Б is a terminal symbol because no rule exists to replace it with other symbols. On the other hand, Ψ has two rules that can change it, thus it is nonterminal. The rules define a formal language that contains countably infinite many finite-length words by the fact that we can apply the first rule any countable times as we wish. Diagram 1 illustrates a string that can be produced with this grammar.
Nonterminal symbols are those symbols that cannot appear in the formal language defined by a formal grammar. A formal grammar includes a start symbol, which is a designated member of the set of nonterminal symbols. We can derive a set of strings of only terminal symbols by successively applying the production rules. The generated set is a formal language over the set of terminal symbols.
Context-free grammars are those grammars in which the left-hand side of each production rule consists of only a single nonterminal symbol. This restriction is non-trivial; not all languages can be generated by context-free grammars. Those that can are called context-free languages. These are exactly the languages that can be recognized by a non-deterministic push down automaton. Context-free languages are the theoretical basis for the syntax of most programming languages.