This project implements a C program that checks for rudimentary syntax errors in C source code. It's based on Exercise 1-24 from the book "The C Programming Language" by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie (K&R).
The syntax checker looks for the following errors:
- Unmatched parentheses
() - Unmatched brackets
[] - Unmatched braces
{} - Unmatched quotes (both single
'and double") - Unclosed comments
- Handles both single-line (
//) and multi-line (/* */) comments - Recognizes string literals and character constants
- Accounts for escape sequences within strings
- Provides line and column information for detected errors
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Compile the program:
make -
Run the program with a C source file as an argument:
./check path/to/your/source_file.c -
The program will output any syntax errors it finds, along with their locations in the file.
This is a rudimentary syntax checker and does not perform full C parsing or semantic analysis. It may not catch all possible syntax errors and could potentially report false positives in complex cases.