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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import string
+
+TOKEN_ID ="IDENT"
+TOKEN_NUM="NUMBER"
+
+def lex(s):
+    end = object()
+    table = [
+        {string.ascii_letters: 1, string.whitespace: 2, string.digits:3},
+        {string.ascii_letters+string.digits: 1},
+        {string.whitespace: 2},
+        {string.digits: 3}
+    ]
+    finish = [
+        None,
+        lambda s: (TOKEN_ID, s),
+        lambda s: None,
+        lambda s: (TOKEN_NUM, int(s))
+    ]
+
+    state = 0
+    it = iter(s)
+    c = next(it, end)
+    s = ""
+    while c != end:
+        found = False
+        for cs, target in table[state].items():
+            if c in cs:
+                s += c
+                c = next(it, end)
+                state = target
+                found = ( c != end )
+                break
+        if not found:
+            f = finish[state]
+            if f is None:
+                raise Exception("Unknown character %s" % s)
+            t = finish[state](s)
+            if t is not None:
+                yield t
+            state = 0
+            s = ""
+
+
+def main():
+    s = "Hallo 2 Welt"
+    for token in lex(s):
+        print(token)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()