Lex vs Dex - What's the difference?
lex | dex |
(computing) To perform lexical analysis; to convert a character stream to a token stream as a preliminary to parsing.
* 1994 , Donna K Harman, National Institute of Standards and Technology, The Second Text REtrieval Conference (TREC-2)
* 2004 , Richard William Sharp, Higher-level hardware synthesis
* 2007 , Don Syme, Adam Granicz, Antonio Cisternino, Expert F#
(physics, and, astrophysics) An order or factor of ten. Used both to refer to the function and the number of (possibly fractional) orders of magnitude separating two numbers. When dealing with log to the base 10 transform of a number set the transform of 10, 100, and 1 000 000 is , , and , so the difference between 10 and 100 in base 10 is 1 dex and the difference between 1 and 1 000 000 is 6 dex.
* 2004 , Cartledge et al 2004, The Homogeneity of Interstellar Oxygen in the Galactic Disk'', Abstract, ''The Astrophysical Journal , Volume 613, Issue 2,
(informal) dextromethorphan
(gaming) dexterity
* 2000 , "Billy Shields", The truth about offhand procs'' (on newsgroup ''alt.games.everquest )
As a verb lex
is to perform lexical analysis; to convert a character stream to a token stream as a preliminary to parsing.As a proper noun Lex
is a pet form of the male given name Alexander.As a noun dex is
an order or factor of ten. Used both to refer to the function and the number of (possibly fractional) orders of magnitude separating two numbers. When dealing with log to the base 10 transform of a number set the transform of 10, 100, and 1 000 000 is , , and , so the difference between 10 and 100 in base 10 is 1 dex and the difference between 1 and 1 000 000 is 6 dex.lex
English
Verb
- Once this is done, each processor parses and lexes its own documents, using conventional programming techniques.
- SAFL source is lexed and parsed into an abstract syntax tree.
- Lexing and parsing do not have to be separated, and there are often convenient .NET methods for extracting information from text in particular formats...
Derived terms
* lexerSee also
* ----dex
English
Etymology 1
Contraction of "decimal exponent".Noun
(dexes)pp. 1037-1048,
- The data points for low-
paths are scattered more widely than those for denser sight lines, because O/H ratios for such paths shorter than 800 pc are generally about 0.10 dex lower than the values for longer ones.
See also
* order of magnitude, decibelEtymology 2
By shortening.Noun
(-)Etymology 3
By shortening.Noun
(-)- Establish a proccing percentage of a weapon by putting it in the primary hand and then put it in your offhand and check the proccing percentage with varying levels of dual wield skill (while keeping level and dex constant).