diff --git a/lexicalStructure.lex b/lexicalStructure.lex
index 706baca..de6d394 100644
--- a/lexicalStructure.lex
+++ b/lexicalStructure.lex
@@ -1,23 +1,37 @@
-/* Lexical Analysis with Flex (2.6.0) We used some of the code from this manual */
-/*                                    so we placed the citation here. */
-/* definitions */
+	/* Lexical Analysis with Flex (2.6.0) We used some of the code from this manual */
+	/*                                    so we placed the citation here. */
+	/* definitions */
 %option noyywrap
- %{ 
- #include <typedefs.h> 
- %} 
+%{ 
+#include "typedefs.h" 
+%}
 
+DIGIT [0-9]
 %%
-/* rules */
-[0-9]+ {printf( "C_INTEGER: %s (%d)\n", yytext, atoi( yytext ) );}
+	/* rules */
+{DIGIT}+ {printf( "C_INTEGER: %s (%d)\n", yytext, atoi( yytext ) );}
 
 "null" {printf( "C_NULL: %s (%d)\n", yytext, atoi( yytext ) );}
 
-['][.]['] | [']\\[nt'\\]['] {printf( "C_CHARACTER: %s (%d)\n", yytext, atoi( yytext ) );} /*using double \ per documentation to show escaped chars*/
+"'"[.|\n]"'" {printf( "C_CHARACTER: %s (%d)\n", yytext, atoi( yytext ) );} /*using double \ per documentation to show escaped chars*/
 
 "true" {printf( "C_TRUE: %s (%d)\n", yytext, atoi( yytext ) );}
 
 "false" {printf( "C_FALSE: %s (%d)\n", yytext, atoi( yytext ) );}
 
-["][.]+["] {printf( "C_STRING: %s (%d)\n", yytext, atoi( yytext ) );}
+"\""[\^{}}\n]*"\"" {printf( "C_STRING: %s (%d)\n", yytext, atoi( yytext ) );}
+
+.|\n  
+
 %%
-/* user code */
+	/* user code */
+
+int main( int argc, char **argv )
+{
+	argc--, argv++; /* skip over program name */
+	if ( argc > 0 )
+		yyin = fopen( argv[0], "r" );
+	else
+		yyin = stdin;
+	yylex();
+}
diff --git a/simpleIntTest.txt b/simpleIntTest.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..507ec22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/simpleIntTest.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+45
+123
+8392
+
diff --git a/simpleLiteralTest.a b/simpleLiteralTest.a
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d93c06a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/simpleLiteralTest.a
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+"this is a string" 721398 'g' '/n' 
+12893 "this is not a string
+"
+false
+nullfalse
+"nulltrue
+null
+'7'
+true
+'189
+