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Example

$\begin{program} ~~~~~~~~3~$*$~(5~+~3)~/$*$~small~comment~$*$/~--~7\end{program}$
The Scanner should give:

numlit(3), times, lparen, numlit(5), plus,
numlit(3), rparen, minus, numlit(7), eof

Christoph Zenger
3/23/2000