lexer Class Reference

tokenizes the entire program line by line More...

#include <lexer.h>

Public Member Functions
	lexer (const std::string &textfile, const std::string &filepath, const int &linenumber)
	constructor
std::vector< token >	__RUN__LEXER___ ()
	tokenizes the program

Private Member Functions
void	advance ()
	advances the lexer to the next character to tokenize in the textfile being read
token	generate_identifier ()
	generates an identifier or keyword based on the sequence of characters being read
void	generate_tokens ()
	matches the current character to it's corresponding token type
token	generate_number ()
	generates a number data type
token	generate_string ()
	generates a string data type

Private Attributes
std::string	textFile
	file data in string format
std::string	filePath
	path of the file
std::vector< token >	tokenObjVector
	stores the tokens of the current line in the program
int	lnNum
	current line number in the file
std::string	current_char
	the current char in the textfile being read
int	current_index
	the current index of the current char in the textfile being read

Detailed Description

tokenizes the entire program line by line

Author

Michael

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• lexer/lexer.h
• lexer/lexer.cpp