Converting a Context-Free Grammar to a PDA

Question

I am attempting to convert the following CFG to a pushdown automaton:

S → AS | A
A → 0A | 1B | 1
B → 0B | 0

I'm not really sure how to approach this problem, or the problem of CFG->PDA in general.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Conversation of Context free grammar to Pushdown automata: Steps to convert CFG to Pushdown automata: Step-1:The first symbol on R.HS production must be a terminal symbol.

Step-2:Convert the given productions of CFG into GNF.

Step-3:The PDA will only have one state {q}.

Step-4:The initial symbol of CFG will be the initial symbol in the PDA.

Step-5:For non-terminal symbol, add the following rule: δ(q, ε, A) = (q, α)
Where the production rule is A → α.

Step-6:For each terminal symbols, add the following rule: δ(q, a, a) = (q, ε) for every terminal symbol