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+This directory contains a lexer implemented in PLY.
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+The python script supports CLI arguments
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+	[-h|--help]  to show usage
+	--who        to print my name and student number
+	[-f|--file]  to specify filename to perform lexical analysis on
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+Tokens are parsed according to the instructions in plussa with the optional int delimeters. After successfull parsing, the program will print out all found tokens.
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