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The two basic operations that are often performed with the symbol table are:

1.

Set and reset

 

2.

Set and insert

 

3. 

Insert and lookup

 

4.

Reset and lookup

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Symbol table is an important data structure created and maintained by compilers in order to store information about the occurrence of various entities such as variable names, function names, objects, classes, interfaces, etc. Symbol table is used by both the analysis and the synthesis parts of a compiler.

A symbol table may serve the following purposes depending upon the language in hand:

  • To store the names of all entities in a structured form at one place.

  • To verify if a variable has been declared.

  • To implement type checking, by verifying assignments and expressions in the source code are semantically correct.

  • To determine the scope of a name (scope resolution).

So the basic operations that are performed are insert and look up i.e option 3

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Answer : Insert and lookup

1.Insert(lexeme,token) : save lexeme and token and return pointer.

2.Lookup(lexeme) : return index of entry for lexeme or 0 if lexeme is not found.

 

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