Question

I am using Flex/Bison/C++ to evaluate an expression
Here is a sample bison file

string res; 
yy_scan_string(expression.c_str());               

yyparse();
cout<<"Result:"<<res<<"\n";
....
expr: expr PLUS expr { 
          $$=evaluate("+",$1,$3);
          res=$$;
          } 
     |expr MINUS expr { 
          $$=evaluate("-",$1,$3);
          res=$$;
          } 

Instead of using a variable res and storing the value in each action,
is there a standard(like yylval) way to access the final result after yyparse()?

Answer 1

Yes.

Have a top level rule which just does the assignment:

%%
    toplev:   expr                    { res = $1; }
    expr:     expr PLUS expr          { $$=evaluate("+",$1,$3);}
           |  expr MINUS expr         { $$=evaluate("-",$1,$3);} 
%%