ds a text string and converts it into a series of tokens. It does not keep track of the context of the tokens. Its behavior is partially determined by the localization settings; for example, it uses the localization setting to tell whether the decimal separator is a period, a comma, or some other character or string. It is called by the parser; it is not used independently.</LI>
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Parser<BR>
The parser interprets the stream of tokens returned by the scanner. It initializes the scanner and uses it to read