A character or string incorrectly placed in a command or instruction that causes a failure in execution.
Example sentencesExamples
If there is an exception (because of a syntax error, etc.) in the program, the exception will be traced back and reported.
The system either gives me a syntax error or some file is missing.
For example, when you make a typo or syntax error that the compiler catches, fixing it is basically trivial.
Then the parser, purveyor of the dreaded syntax error, looks at the stream of tokens to verify its syntactic correctness.
I assume that there is a subtle syntax error or variable mismatch, but my debugger doesn't provide enough info to diagnose such problems without a lot of trial and error.
Definition of syntax error in US English:
syntax error
noun
Computing
A character or string incorrectly placed in a command or instruction that causes a failure in execution.
Example sentencesExamples
If there is an exception (because of a syntax error, etc.) in the program, the exception will be traced back and reported.
I assume that there is a subtle syntax error or variable mismatch, but my debugger doesn't provide enough info to diagnose such problems without a lot of trial and error.
For example, when you make a typo or syntax error that the compiler catches, fixing it is basically trivial.
The system either gives me a syntax error or some file is missing.
Then the parser, purveyor of the dreaded syntax error, looks at the stream of tokens to verify its syntactic correctness.