Add this depedency to TOML
rust
[dependencies]
lexical_scanner = "0.1.6"
The two ways to perform a lexical scan is to pass in file path or pass in a string. Passing in a string is mostly used for testing while passing in a file path is common for every day work. A lexical scanner can produces thousand of tokens very quickly. For this reason, it is best to use a file path. ``` rust use lexical_scanner;
fn main() {
let path = "/Users/gues/myfiletoreadintotokens/temp.txt";
let tokenlist = lexical_scanner::lexer(&path);
}
```
That is all there is to do! The lexical scanner returns a Vec
To test with a string, all you need to do is call this ``` rust use lexical_scanner;
fn main() { let text = "Water is a good choice of drink!"; let tokenlist = lexicalscanner::lexerasstr(&text); } ```
Below is a simple way to view the tokens for unit testing:
rust
for (i, token) in token_list.iter().enumerate(){
println!("{}. {:?}", i, token);
}
And,
AndAnd,
AndEq,
At,
Backslash,
BitCharacterCode7(String),
BitCharacterCode8(String),
BlockCommentStart(String),
BlockCommentStop(String),
BracketLeft,
BracketRight,
Byte(String),
ByteString(String),
Caret,
CaretEq,
CarriageReturn,
Character(String),
Colon,
Comma,
CurlyBraceLeft,
CurlyBraceRight,
Dollar,
Dot,
DotDot,
DotDotDot,
DotDotEq,
DoubleQuote,
Eq,
EqEq,
Ge,
Gt,
FatArrow,
Le,
LineComment(String),
Lt,
Minus,
MinusEq,
Or,
OrEq,
OrOr,
Newline,
Not,
NotEq,
Null,
Floating(String),
Numeric(String),
ParenLeft,
ParenRight,
PathSep,
Percent,
PercentEq,
Plus,
PlusEq,
Pound,
Question,
RArrow,
RawString(String),
RawByteString(String),
Semi,
Shl,
ShlEq,
Shr,
ShrEq,
SingleQuote,
Slash,
SlashEq,
Star,
StarEq,
Stopped(String), //for debugging
String(String),
Tab,
Undefined,
Underscore,
WhiteSpace,
Word(String),
KW_As,
KW_Async,
KW_Await,
KW_Break,
KW_Const,
KW_Contine,
KW_Crate,
KW_Dyn,
KW_Else,
KW_Enum,
KW_Extern,
KW_False,
KW_Fn,
KW_For,
KW_If,
KW_Impl,
KW_In,
KW_Let,
KW_Loop,
KW_Match,
KW_Mod,
KW_Move,
KW_Mut,
KW_Pub,
KW_Ref,
KW_Return,
KW_SELF,
KW_Self,
KW_Static,
KW_Struct,
KW_Super,
KW_Trait,
KW_True,
KW_Type,
KW_Union,
KW_Unsafe,
KW_Use,
KW_Where,
KW_While,
crates.io => https://crates.io/crates/lexical_scanner