tools/lexer/jflex-1.4/examples/standalone/standalone.flex

/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
 * Copyright (C) 1998-2004  Gerwin Klein <lsf@jflex.de>                    *
 * All rights reserved.                                                    *
 *                                                                         *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify    *
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License. See the file      *
 * COPYRIGHT for more information.                                         *
 *                                                                         *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,         *
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of          *
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the           *
 * GNU General Public License for more details.                            *
 *                                                                         *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along *
 * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., *
 * 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA                 *
 *                                                                         *
 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */


/**
   This is a small example of a standalone text substitution scanner 
   It reads a name after the keyword name and substitutes all occurences 
   of "hello" with "hello <name>!". There is a sample input file 
   "sample.inp" provided in this directory 
*/

%%

%public
%class Subst
%standalone

%unicode

%{
  String name;
%}

%%

"name " [a-zA-Z]+  { name = yytext().substring(5); }
[Hh] "ello"        { System.out.print(yytext()+" "+name+"!"); }