Design Patterns in C#: A Hands-on Guide with Real-World Examples

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23. Interpreter Pattern

Vaskaran Sarcar¹  

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Whitefield, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

 

This chapter covers the Interpreter pattern.

GoF Definition

Given a language, define a representation for its grammar along with an interpreter that uses the representation to interpret sentences in the language.

Concept

This pattern deals with evaluating sentences in a language. You need to define a grammar to represent the language, and then the interpreter will deal with that grammar. For example, in this example, you will transform a three-digit integer that is input into its equivalent word form (in other words, a string).

Real-Life Example

You can think of a translator ...