README.md

j-lex

j-lex is a J source code lexer written in J ( http://jsoftware.com )

Installation

install'github:tangentstorm/j-lex@main'

Usage

   load 'tangentstorm/j-lex'
   jlex '{{ i. 10,y }}'
┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│┌──────┬─────┬──────┬─────┬──────┬─────┬─────┬─────┬──────┐│
││┌─┬──┐│┌─┬─┐│┌─┬──┐│┌─┬─┐│┌─┬──┐│┌─┬─┐│┌─┬─┐│┌─┬─┐│┌─┬──┐││
│││D│{{│││S│ │││v│i.│││S│ │││N│10│││v│,│││p│y│││S│ │││D│}}│││
││└─┴──┘│└─┴─┘│└─┴──┘│└─┴─┘│└─┴──┘│└─┴─┘│└─┴─┘│└─┴─┘│└─┴──┘││
│└──────┴─────┴──────┴─────┴──────┴─────┴─────┴─────┴──────┘│
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

   jcut_jlex_ '{{ i. 10,y }}'  NB. like ;: but preserve spaces
┌──┬─┬──┬─┬──┬─┬─┬─┬──┐
│{{│ │i.│ │10│,│y│ │}}│
└──┴─┴──┴─┴──┴─┴─┴─┴──┘

   jtype_jlex_ '{{'  NB. return the type code for a single token
D

See help_jlex_ for what the token descriptor codes mean.

Known Limitations

• Does not understand multi-line noun definitions.