Calculator implementation in C++ using Context Free Grammar

In this course we will do live coding of:

1. Calculator implementation in C++ using Expression Grammar (context free grammar)

I have referred to Chapter 6 of the book “Programming: Principles and Practice using C++” by Bjarne Stroustrup.

I have tried to share my learning experience while converting Expression Grammar into the Calculator program using C++. Hope, it will help people like me to understand the concepts in a faster way and help to resolve doubts.

While coding the program, I am also sharing the thought process which goes on in developers mind. We will face compile-time, run-time errors and then we will resolve them using gdb debugger.

Implementing Expression Grammar in C++ also gives us a bit of understanding on how the parsing works.

In this course we will do hands-on programming:

1. Theory of arithmetic expression Calculator:
   1. Theory of Expression Grammar (CFG)
   2. Expression Parsing
   3. left recursion, removal of left recursion
   4. Token & Token Stream class abstraction
2. Coding:
   1. expression(), term(), primary(), function implementations
   2. TokenStream get() and putback() implementations
   3. debugging with gdb
   4. Conclusion

   Different C++ & programming concepts used during software development:

   classes, public & private variables, functions, constructors, operator precedence, operator associativity, left recursion, removal of left recursion, segmentation fault, debugging with gdb.