ANSI C Yacc grammar
In 1985, Jeff Lee published his Yacc grammar (which is accompanied by a matching Lex specification) for the April 30, 1985 draft version of the ANSI C standard.  Tom Stockfisch reposted it to net.sources in 1987; that original, as mentioned in the answer to question 17.25 of the comp.lang.c FAQ, can be ftp'ed from ftp.uu.net, file usenet/net.sources/ansi.c.grammar.Z.

Jutta Degener, 1995

%token IDENTIFIER CONSTANT STRING_LITERAL SIZEOF
%token PTR_OP INC_OP DEC_OP LEFT_OP RIGHT_OP LE_OP GE_OP EQ_OP NE_OP
%token AND_OP OR_OP MUL_ASSIGN DIV_ASSIGN MOD_ASSIGN ADD_ASSIGN
%token SUB_ASSIGN LEFT_ASSIGN RIGHT_ASSIGN AND_ASSIGN
%token XOR_ASSIGN OR_ASSIGN TYPE_NAME

%token TYPEDEF EXTERN STATIC AUTO REGISTER
%token CHAR SHORT INT LONG SIGNED UNSIGNED FLOAT DOUBLE CONST VOLATILE VOID
%token STRUCT UNION ENUM ELLIPSIS

%token CASE DEFAULT IF ELSE SWITCH WHILE DO FOR GOTO CONTINUE BREAK RETURN

%start translation_unit
%%

primary_expression
	: IDENTIFIER
	| CONSTANT
	| STRING_LITERAL
	| '(' expression ')'
	;

postfix_expression
	: primary_expression
	| postfix_expression '[' expression ']'
	| postfix_expression '(' ')'
	| postfix_expression '(' argument_expression_list ')'
	| postfix_expression '.' IDENTIFIER
	| postfix_expression PTR_OP IDENTIFIER
	| postfix_expression INC_OP
	| postfix_expression DEC_OP
	;

argument_expression_list
	: assignment_expression
	| argument_expression_list ',' assignment_expression
	;

unary_expression
	: postfix_expression
	| INC_OP unary_expression
	| DEC_OP unary_expression
	| unary_operator cast_expression
	| SIZEOF unary_expression
	| SIZEOF '(' type_name ')'
	;

unary_operator
	: '&'
	| '*'
	| '+'
	| '-'
	| '~'
	| '!'
	;

cast_expression
	: unary_expression
	| '(' type_name ')' cast_expression
	;

multiplicative_expression
	: cast_expression
	| multiplicative_expression '*' cast_expression
	| multiplicative_expression '/' cast_expression
	| multiplicative_expression '%' cast_expression
	;

additive_expression
	: multiplicative_expression
	| additive_expression '+' multiplicative_expression
	| additive_expression '-' multiplicative_expression
	;

shift_expression
	: additive_expression
	| shift_expression LEFT_OP additive_expression
	| shift_expression RIGHT_OP additive_expression
	;

relational_expression
	: shift_expression
	| relational_expression '<' shift_expression
	| relational_expression '>' shift_expression
	| relational_expression LE_OP shift_expression
	| relational_expression GE_OP shift_expression
	;

equality_expression
	: relational_expression
	| equality_expression EQ_OP relational_expression
	| equality_expression NE_OP relational_expression
	;

and_expression
	: equality_expression
	| and_expression '&' equality_expression
	;

exclusive_or_expression
	: and_expression
	| exclusive_or_expression '^' and_expression
	;

inclusive_or_expression
	: exclusive_or_expression
	| inclusive_or_expression '|' exclusive_or_expression
	;

logical_and_expression
	: inclusive_or_expression
	| logical_and_expression AND_OP inclusive_or_expression
	;

logical_or_expression
	: logical_and_expression
	| logical_or_expression OR_OP logical_and_expression
	;

conditional_expression
	: logical_or_expression
	| logical_or_expression '?' expression ':' conditional_expression
	;

assignment_expression
	: conditional_expression
	| unary_expression assignment_operator assignment_expression
	;

assignment_operator
	: '='
	| MUL_ASSIGN
	| DIV_ASSIGN
	| MOD_ASSIGN
	| ADD_ASSIGN
	| SUB_ASSIGN
	| LEFT_ASSIGN
	| RIGHT_ASSIGN
	| AND_ASSIGN
	| XOR_ASSIGN
	| OR_ASSIGN
	;

expression
	: assignment_expression
	| expression ',' assignment_expression
	;

constant_expression
	: conditional_expression
	;

declaration
	: declaration_specifiers ';'
	| declaration_specifiers init_declarator_list ';'
	;

declaration_specifiers
	: storage_class_specifier
	| storage_class_specifier declaration_specifiers
	| type_specifier
	| type_specifier declaration_specifiers
	| type_qualifier
	| type_qualifier declaration_specifiers
	;

init_declarator_list
	: init_declarator
	| init_declarator_list ',' init_declarator
	;

init_declarator
	: declarator
	| declarator '=' initializer
	;

storage_class_specifier
	: TYPEDEF
	| EXTERN
	| STATIC
	| AUTO
	| REGISTER
	;

type_specifier
	: VOID
	| CHAR
	| SHORT
	| INT
	| LONG
	| FLOAT
	| DOUBLE
	| SIGNED
	| UNSIGNED
	| struct_or_union_specifier
	| enum_specifier
	| TYPE_NAME
	;

struct_or_union_specifier
	: struct_or_union IDENTIFIER '{' struct_declaration_list '}'
	| struct_or_union '{' struct_declaration_list '}'
	| struct_or_union IDENTIFIER
	;

struct_or_union
	: STRUCT
	| UNION
	;

struct_declaration_list
	: struct_declaration
	| struct_declaration_list struct_declaration
	;

struct_declaration
	: specifier_qualifier_list struct_declarator_list ';'
	;

specifier_qualifier_list
	: type_specifier specifier_qualifier_list
	| type_specifier
	| type_qualifier specifier_qualifier_list
	| type_qualifier
	;

struct_declarator_list
	: struct_declarator
	| struct_declarator_list ',' struct_declarator
	;

struct_declarator
	: declarator
	| ':' constant_expression
	| declarator ':' constant_expression
	;

enum_specifier
	: ENUM '{' enumerator_list '}'
	| ENUM IDENTIFIER '{' enumerator_list '}'
	| ENUM IDENTIFIER
	;

enumerator_list
	: enumerator
	| enumerator_list ',' enumerator
	;

enumerator
	: IDENTIFIER
	| IDENTIFIER '=' constant_expression
	;

type_qualifier
	: CONST
	| VOLATILE
	;

declarator
	: pointer direct_declarator
	| direct_declarator
	;

direct_declarator
	: IDENTIFIER
	| '(' declarator ')'
	| direct_declarator '[' constant_expression ']'
	| direct_declarator '[' ']'
	| direct_declarator '(' parameter_type_list ')'
	| direct_declarator '(' identifier_list ')'
	| direct_declarator '(' ')'
	;

pointer
	: '*'
	| '*' type_qualifier_list
	| '*' pointer
	| '*' type_qualifier_list pointer
	;

type_qualifier_list
	: type_qualifier
	| type_qualifier_list type_qualifier
	;


parameter_type_list
	: parameter_list
	| parameter_list ',' ELLIPSIS
	;

parameter_list
	: parameter_declaration
	| parameter_list ',' parameter_declaration
	;

parameter_declaration
	: declaration_specifiers declarator
	| declaration_specifiers abstract_declarator
	| declaration_specifiers
	;

identifier_list
	: IDENTIFIER
	| identifier_list ',' IDENTIFIER
	;

type_name
	: specifier_qualifier_list
	| specifier_qualifier_list abstract_declarator
	;

abstract_declarator
	: pointer
	| direct_abstract_declarator
	| pointer direct_abstract_declarator
	;

direct_abstract_declarator
	: '(' abstract_declarator ')'
	| '[' ']'
	| '[' constant_expression ']'
	| direct_abstract_declarator '[' ']'
	| direct_abstract_declarator '[' constant_expression ']'
	| '(' ')'
	| '(' parameter_type_list ')'
	| direct_abstract_declarator '(' ')'
	| direct_abstract_declarator '(' parameter_type_list ')'
	;

initializer
	: assignment_expression
	| '{' initializer_list '}'
	| '{' initializer_list ',' '}'
	;

initializer_list
	: initializer
	| initializer_list ',' initializer
	;

statement
	: labeled_statement
	| compound_statement
	| expression_statement
	| selection_statement
	| iteration_statement
	| jump_statement
	;

labeled_statement
	: IDENTIFIER ':' statement
	| CASE constant_expression ':' statement
	| DEFAULT ':' statement
	;

compound_statement
	: '{' '}'
	| '{' statement_list '}'
	| '{' declaration_list '}'
	| '{' declaration_list statement_list '}'
	;

declaration_list
	: declaration
	| declaration_list declaration
	;

statement_list
	: statement
	| statement_list statement
	;

expression_statement
	: ';'
	| expression ';'
	;

selection_statement
	: IF '(' expression ')' statement
	| IF '(' expression ')' statement ELSE statement
	| SWITCH '(' expression ')' statement
	;

iteration_statement
	: WHILE '(' expression ')' statement
	| DO statement WHILE '(' expression ')' ';'
	| FOR '(' expression_statement expression_statement ')' statement
	| FOR '(' expression_statement expression_statement expression ')' statement
	;

jump_statement
	: GOTO IDENTIFIER ';'
	| CONTINUE ';'
	| BREAK ';'
	| RETURN ';'
	| RETURN expression ';'
	;

translation_unit
	: external_declaration
	| translation_unit external_declaration
	;

external_declaration
	: function_definition
	| declaration
	;

function_definition
	: declaration_specifiers declarator declaration_list compound_statement
	| declaration_specifiers declarator compound_statement
	| declarator declaration_list compound_statement
	| declarator compound_statement
	;

%%
#include <stdio.h>

extern char yytext[];
extern int column;

yyerror(s)
char *s;
{
	fflush(stdout);
	printf("\n%*s\n%*s\n", column, "^", column, s);
}


ANSI C grammar, Lex specification
In 1985, Jeff Lee published this Lex specification together with a Yacc grammar for the April 30, 1985 ANSI C draft.  Tom Stockfisch reposted both to net.sources in 1987; that original, as mentioned in the answer to question 17.25 of the comp.lang.c FAQ, can be ftp'ed from ftp.uu.net, file usenet/net.sources/ansi.c.grammar.Z.

I intend to keep this version as close to the current C Standard grammar as possible; please let me know if you discover discrepancies.

Jutta Degener, 1995

D			[0-9]
L			[a-zA-Z_]
H			[a-fA-F0-9]
E			[Ee][+-]?{D}+
FS			(f|F|l|L)
IS			(u|U|l|L)*

%{
#include <stdio.h>
#include "y.tab.h"

void count();
%}

%%
"/*"			{ comment(); }

"auto"			{ count(); return(AUTO); }
"break"			{ count(); return(BREAK); }
"case"			{ count(); return(CASE); }
"char"			{ count(); return(CHAR); }
"const"			{ count(); return(CONST); }
"continue"		{ count(); return(CONTINUE); }
"default"		{ count(); return(DEFAULT); }
"do"			{ count(); return(DO); }
"double"		{ count(); return(DOUBLE); }
"else"			{ count(); return(ELSE); }
"enum"			{ count(); return(ENUM); }
"extern"		{ count(); return(EXTERN); }
"float"			{ count(); return(FLOAT); }
"for"			{ count(); return(FOR); }
"goto"			{ count(); return(GOTO); }
"if"			{ count(); return(IF); }
"int"			{ count(); return(INT); }
"long"			{ count(); return(LONG); }
"register"		{ count(); return(REGISTER); }
"return"		{ count(); return(RETURN); }
"short"			{ count(); return(SHORT); }
"signed"		{ count(); return(SIGNED); }
"sizeof"		{ count(); return(SIZEOF); }
"static"		{ count(); return(STATIC); }
"struct"		{ count(); return(STRUCT); }
"switch"		{ count(); return(SWITCH); }
"typedef"		{ count(); return(TYPEDEF); }
"union"			{ count(); return(UNION); }
"unsigned"		{ count(); return(UNSIGNED); }
"void"			{ count(); return(VOID); }
"volatile"		{ count(); return(VOLATILE); }
"while"			{ count(); return(WHILE); }

{L}({L}|{D})*		{ count(); return(check_type()); }

0[xX]{H}+{IS}?		{ count(); return(CONSTANT); }
0{D}+{IS}?		{ count(); return(CONSTANT); }
{D}+{IS}?		{ count(); return(CONSTANT); }
L?'(\\.|[^\\'])+'	{ count(); return(CONSTANT); }

{D}+{E}{FS}?		{ count(); return(CONSTANT); }
{D}*"."{D}+({E})?{FS}?	{ count(); return(CONSTANT); }
{D}+"."{D}*({E})?{FS}?	{ count(); return(CONSTANT); }

L?\"(\\.|[^\\"])*\"	{ count(); return(STRING_LITERAL); }

"..."			{ count(); return(ELLIPSIS); }
">>="			{ count(); return(RIGHT_ASSIGN); }
"<<="			{ count(); return(LEFT_ASSIGN); }
"+="			{ count(); return(ADD_ASSIGN); }
"-="			{ count(); return(SUB_ASSIGN); }
"*="			{ count(); return(MUL_ASSIGN); }
"/="			{ count(); return(DIV_ASSIGN); }
"%="			{ count(); return(MOD_ASSIGN); }
"&="			{ count(); return(AND_ASSIGN); }
"^="			{ count(); return(XOR_ASSIGN); }
"|="			{ count(); return(OR_ASSIGN); }
">>"			{ count(); return(RIGHT_OP); }
"<<"			{ count(); return(LEFT_OP); }
"++"			{ count(); return(INC_OP); }
"--"			{ count(); return(DEC_OP); }
"->"			{ count(); return(PTR_OP); }
"&&"			{ count(); return(AND_OP); }
"||"			{ count(); return(OR_OP); }
"<="			{ count(); return(LE_OP); }
">="			{ count(); return(GE_OP); }
"=="			{ count(); return(EQ_OP); }
"!="			{ count(); return(NE_OP); }
";"			{ count(); return(';'); }
("{"|"<%")		{ count(); return('{'); }
("}"|"%>")		{ count(); return('}'); }
","			{ count(); return(','); }
":"			{ count(); return(':'); }
"="			{ count(); return('='); }
"("			{ count(); return('('); }
")"			{ count(); return(')'); }
("["|"<:")		{ count(); return('['); }
("]"|":>")		{ count(); return(']'); }
"."			{ count(); return('.'); }
"&"			{ count(); return('&'); }
"!"			{ count(); return('!'); }
"~"			{ count(); return('~'); }
"-"			{ count(); return('-'); }
"+"			{ count(); return('+'); }
"*"			{ count(); return('*'); }
"/"			{ count(); return('/'); }
"%"			{ count(); return('%'); }
"<"			{ count(); return('<'); }
">"			{ count(); return('>'); }
"^"			{ count(); return('^'); }
"|"			{ count(); return('|'); }
"?"			{ count(); return('?'); }

[ \t\v\n\f]		{ count(); }
.			{ /* ignore bad characters */ }

%%

yywrap()
{
	return(1);
}


comment()
{
	char c, c1;

loop:
	while ((c = input()) != '*' && c != 0)
		putchar(c);

	if ((c1 = input()) != '/' && c != 0)
	{
		unput(c1);
		goto loop;
	}

	if (c != 0)
		putchar(c1);
}


int column = 0;

void count()
{
	int i;

	for (i = 0; yytext[i] != '\0'; i++)
		if (yytext[i] == '\n')
			column = 0;
		else if (yytext[i] == '\t')
			column += 8 - (column % 8);
		else
			column++;

	ECHO;
}


int check_type()
{
/*
* pseudo code --- this is what it should check
*
*	if (yytext == type_name)
*		return(TYPE_NAME);
*
*	return(IDENTIFIER);
*/

/*
*	it actually will only return IDENTIFIER
*/

	return(IDENTIFIER);
}


