Dennis Ritchie and Brian Kernighan have included a reference manual to give explanation of the ANSI standard. The reference manual defines six classes of Tokens in C.
Tokens in C Programming language
A "C" program is constructed using tokens. Tokens are similar to building blocks of a program. The flowing form parts are not part of any six classes.
- Blanks
- Horizontal & vertical tabs,
- Newlines
- Formfeeds
- Comments
