Perl Syntax Validator

A basic syntax validation tool for Perl programming language.

Validation of basic programming constructs -

• Variable assignment (integer, float, string)
• Looping constructs (while, for)
• conditional statements (if, if-else)

Language: Python
Libraries: PLY (Python Lex-Yacc)

Files in this repo:

• validation_lex.py : defines all tokens
• validation_yacc.py : defines grammars for the aforementioned programming constructs

Functionality:

• Allows users to enter syntax
• Throws error if entered syntax is invalid