parse

parse definitions

noun
  • An act of parsing; a parsing. 

  • The result of such an act; a parsing. 

verb
  • To split (a file or other input) into pieces of data that can be easily manipulated or stored. 

  • To examine closely; to scrutinize. 

  • To resolve (a sentence, etc.) into its elements, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by agreement or government; to analyze and describe grammatically. 

  • To resolve (a string of code or text) into its elements to determine if it conforms to a particular grammar. 

  • Of a string of code or text, sentence, etc.: to conform to rules of grammar, to be syntactically valid.