ANTLR Grammar for expressions

Question

I\'m trying to implement a expression handling grammar (that deals with nested parenthesis and stuff). I have the following so far, but they can\'t deal with some cases (suc

Answer 1

Make use of the ^ placed after the token/rule name is very useful for defining expressions.

    expression :    e1 (OR^ e1)* ;
    e1  :   e2 (AND^ e2)*;
    e2  :   e3 (PIPE^ e3)*;
    e3  :   e4 (ANDSYMB^ e4)*;
    e4  :   e5 ((EQUAL^|NOTEQUAL^) e5)*;
    e5  :   e6 ((LESS^|GREATER^) e6)*;
    e6  :   e7 ((PLUS^|MINUS^) e7)* ;
    e7  :   e8 ((STAR^|SLASH^) e8)* ;
    e8  :   e9 (NEW^ ID LPAREN RPAREN)*;
    e9  :   (NOT^)? e10;
    e10 :   e11 | call_def;
    e11 :   constant 
        | '(' expression ')' -> expression;