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QWhat is the purpose of the lexical analysis phase in the compilation process?

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  • A Generating intermediate code ✔ ✖
  • B Identifying tokens in the source code ✔ ✖
  • C Checking semantic errors ✔ ✖
  • D Optimizing the program ✔ ✖
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Lexical analysis is responsible for identifying and categorizing tokens in the source code, such as keywords, identifiers, and operators.

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