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While removing null production from cfg as below,

   S->ABC
   A->aA|^
   B->bB|^
   C->aaC|^

now as shown above we know that A,B and C all are nullable that makes S also nullable. like I'd do as below:

   S->ABC|AB|AC|BC|A|B|C|^
   A->aA|a
   B->bB|b
   C->aaC|aa

The question is how do I remove null from S? I tried searching but I everything getting mixed up....

Like one solution was defining new rule. I can't find the link now but it told to do something like below We have only one null production left...

S->^

to remove null from the method was

S->T
T->^

but the problem is S now become nullable production and there in still null production in the grammar i-e T->^

Another solution was to make new rule (as below) such that at least starting symbol is not null production but from my understanding its still nullable... There still exists a null in the grammar.

S1->S
S->^

Thankyou in Advance

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  • $\begingroup$ Well, what is stopping you from removing the null production of $S$ ? $\endgroup$
    – Rinkesh P
    May 14 at 14:28
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    – D.W. ♦
    May 15 at 6:57
  • $\begingroup$ @RinkeshP I don't know how to do that.... If I introduce another grammar production rule like T->^ (let's take only null production from the above grammar) S->T T->^ This is still nullable production... Is there any other method I don't know of ? I'd like to know more about how am I to remove null production completely Thankyou! $\endgroup$
    – Zoha Javed
    May 15 at 15:39
  • $\begingroup$ @D.W. oh Thankyou for guiding me correctly, I realized I didn't ask clearly what I wanted to know about . I'm going to edit it correct way! Thanks once again $\endgroup$
    – Zoha Javed
    May 15 at 15:47

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