diff --git a/lexer.cpp b/lexer.cpp
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+#include "global.h"
+
+// any non tokens get to be returned as ascii val from 0 to -255
+enum token {
+	eof,        // End of File
+	external,   // C stuff
+	variable,   // Name of a variable
+	assignment, // <-
+	tree,       // tree{tree, tree{tree{tree, tree}, tree, tree{tree}}}
+	integer,    // integer ._.
+	doubleTok,  // double o_o
+	string,     // string O_O
+};
+
+std::string identifierStr; // filled if string
+long intVal;               // filled if integer
+double doubleVal;          // filled if decimal
+
+int getTok() {
+	int lastChar = ' ';
+
+	// skip le whitespace
+	while( isspace(lastChar) )
+		lastChar = getchar();
+	
+	// letters
+	if( isalpha(lastChar) ) {
+		identifierStr = lastChar;
+		while( isalnum((lastChar = getchar())) )
+			identifierStr += lastChar;
+
+		// im not sure what this
+		if( identifierStr == "external" )
+			return external;
+		
+		// varble
+		return variable;
+	}
+	
+	// digits
+	if( isdigit(lastChar) || lastChar == '.' ) {
+		std::string numStr;
+		
+		// get numbers
+		do {
+			numStr += lastChar;
+			lastChar = getchar();
+		} while( isdigit(lastChar) || lastChar == '.' );
+
+		// numbered
+		if( numStr.find('.') == std::string::npos ) {
+			intVal = atol(numStr.c_str());
+			return integer;
+		} else {
+			doubleVal = strtod(numStr.c_str(), 0);
+			return doubleTok;
+		}
+	}
+
+	// <-----------------------------------------------------
+	if( lastChar == '<' ) {
+		if( (lastChar = getchar()) == '-' )
+			return assignment;
+	}
+
+	// comments
+	if( lastChar == '#' ) {
+		do
+			lastChar = getchar();
+		while (lastChar != EOF && lastChar != '\n' && lastChar != '\r');
+
+		if (lastChar != EOF)
+			return getTok();
+	}
+	
+	// EOF?
+	if (lastChar == EOF)
+		return getTok();
+
+	// return negative ascii value if none match
+	int thisChar = lastChar;
+	lastChar = getchar();
+	return -thisChar;
+}
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diff --git a/parser.cpp b/parser.cpp
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+++ b/parser.cpp
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+#include "global.h"