Lex

    
    buildscript {
        // Kotlin version currently being used
        ext.kotlin_version = '1.8.22'

        // Reference version 
        ext.kiit_version = '3.1.0'

        // ...
    }

    repositories {
        // Currently stored in Git Hub Packages.
        maven {
            url "https://maven.pkg.github.com/slatekit/kiit"
            credentials {
                username = System.getenv('GIT_PACKAGES_INSTALL_ACTOR')
                password = System.getenv('GIT_PACKAGES_INSTALL_TOKEN')
            }
        }

        // ...
    }

    dependencies {
        // Other dependencies ...
        implementation "dev.kiit:kiit-common:$kiit_version"
    }
    

  
// required 
import kiit.common.lex.Lexer
import kiit.common.lex.Token
import kiit.common.lex.TokenType

// optional 
import kiit.results.Try
import kiit.results.Success
  

n/a

    val lexer = Lexer("-env:dev -text:'hello word' -batch:10 ")

    // CASE 1: Get all the tokens at once
    val result = lexer.parse()
    println("tokens:" + result.total)

    // Print all the tokens
    result.tokens.forEach{ printToken(it) }

    // Results:
    // pos:1 , line:0, type:NonAlphaNum, text:'-'
    // pos:2 , line:0, type:Ident      , text:'env'
    // pos:3 , line:0, type:NonAlphaNum, text:':'
    // pos:4 , line:0, type:Ident      , text:'dev'
    // pos:6 , line:0, type:NonAlphaNum, text:'-'
    // pos:7 , line:0, type:Ident      , text:'text'
    // pos:8 , line:0, type:NonAlphaNum, text:':'
    // pos:9 , line:0, type:String     , text:'hello word'
    // pos:11, line:0, type:NonAlphaNum, text:'-'
    // pos:12, line:0, type:Ident      , text:'batch'
    // pos:13, line:0, type:NonAlphaNum, text:':'
    // pos:14, line:0, type:Number     , text:'10'
    // pos:15, line:0, type:End        , text:'<END>'


    // CASE 2: Token definition
    // Tokens are created/parsed with fields:
    // - raw text parsed
    // - value ( converted from raw text )
    // - token type
    // - line #
    // - char #
    // - index
    val token = Token("env", "env", TokenType.Ident, 1, 0, 1)
    println(token)

    // CASE 3: Tokens list
    // Coming soon. Tokens can be iterated over with assertions