Whitespace keywords
US7496889B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 22, 2004 |
| Grant date | Feb 24, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 23, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F8/425
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention provides a system and/or method that facilitates expanding keywords within an existing computer programming language by employing a whitespace keyword containing embedded whitespace. A whitespace component can receive code, and create a whitespace keyword based at least upon a successive comparison of adjacent tokens. The whitespace component creates a whitespace keyword by replacing more than one token with a single token containing embedded whitespace. Moreover, the whitespace component can utilize a lexical analyzer to group code into tokens and a parser component to parse the code.
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