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No one cares about the symbolic representation, just the value.
But hey, let's all write out the grammar and look at the parse tree. With the power of a regular language will nip this problem in the butt!
For someone with such a hard-on for formal languages and semantics, you sure play loose and fast with your definitions. You have given, by far, the worst explanation of a formal language I have ever seen.
Please don't ever post here again.