Thread: Character strings

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    Character strings

    Consider the language in the alphabet {a,b} defined by the grammar:

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    <S> = a<S>a | b<S>b | a | b
    What are the 5 character strings in this language. Not sure what this means? Is it:
    aa
    bb
    a
    b
    what would the 5th one be?

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    It means what are all of the strings in this alphabet that have five characters? You must think recursively since a string can be defined recursively. Figure out all of the different combinations of strings that have five characters and are valid for that grammar.

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