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== Example ==

http://flex.sourceforge.net/manual/Simple-Examples.html[One simple example in
the Flex manual] is a scanner that counts characters and lines. The program is
similar in Nex:
https://westes.github.io/flex/manual/Simple-Examples.html#Simple-Examples[One simple example in the Flex manual]
is a scanner that counts characters and lines. The program is similar in Nex:

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/\n/{ nLines++; nChars++ }
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We could avoid defining a struct by using globals instead, but even then we
need a throwaway definition of yySymType.

The yy prefix can be modified by adding `-y` option. When using yacc, it must use the same prefix:
The yy prefix can be modified by adding `-y` option. When using yacc, it must
use the same prefix:

$ nex -p YY lc.nex && go tool yacc -p YY && go run lc.nn.go y.go

== Toy Pascal ==

The Flex manual also exhibits a http://flex.sourceforge.net/manual/Simple-Examples.html[scanner for a toy Pascal-like language],
The Flex manual also exhibits a https://westes.github.io/flex/manual/Simple-Examples.html#Simple-Examples[scanner for a toy Pascal-like language],
though last I checked, its comment regex was a little buggy. Here is a
modified Nex version, without string-to-number conversions:

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