Syntax error

Known as: Style error, Syntax errors, Parse error 
In computer science, a syntax error is an error in the syntax of a sequence of characters or tokens that is intended to be written in a particular… (More)
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2014
2014
Enhancing syntax error messages appears ineffectual
Debugging is an important skill for novice programmers to acquire. Error messages help novices to locate and correct errors, but… (More)
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2012
2012
All syntax errors are not equal
Identifying and correcting syntax errors is a challenge all novice programmers confront. As educators, the more we understand… (More)
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2012
2012
Automated evaluation of syntax error recovery
Evaluation of parse error recovery techniques is an open problem. The community lacks objective standards and methods to measure… (More)
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2005
2005
Syntax error repair for a Java-based parser generator
This article presents an implementation of an error repair algoritm for the JavaCC parser generator. Three different approaches… (More)
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2003
2003
Generating LR syntax error messages from examples
LR parser generators are powerful and well-understood, but the parsers they generate are not suited to provide good error… (More)
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1989
1989
An LR Substring Parser for Noncorrecting Syntax Error Recovery
For a context-free grammar <italic>G</italic>, a construction is given to produce an LR parser that recognizes any substring of… (More)
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1985
1985
Noncorrecting Syntax Error Recovery
A parser must be able to continue parsing after encountering a syntactic error to check the remainder of the input. To achieve… (More)
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1982
1982
Hierarchic syntax error repair for LR grammars
A description of a technique for handling syntax errors in compilers, called hierarchic error repair, is presented. The technique… (More)
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1978
1978
A Statistical Analysis of Syntax Errors
Abstraet-A stud? of errors made by Pascal programmers is described. The results of this study are discussed in relation to… (More)
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1972
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1972
A Minimum Distance Error-Correcting Parser for Context-Free Languages
We assume three types of syntax errors can debase the sentences of a language generated by a context-free grammar: the… (More)
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