From 73510cb48ffaf9007d8df5a4baafa705d8cca1b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SinusFox <sinusfox@pm.me>
Date: Mon, 15 May 2023 15:27:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] getNextCharacter

---
 Exercise 3/Lexer.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++--
 Exercise 3/Lexer.h |  1 +
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Exercise 3/Lexer.c b/Exercise 3/Lexer.c
index eb341d1..2a04629 100644
--- a/Exercise 3/Lexer.c	
+++ b/Exercise 3/Lexer.c	
@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@ int start(char* src) {
     return _STOP_;                          // stopping the state machine in any other case
 }
 
-int getNextCharacter(char* src) {
-    return _STOP_;                      // placeholder
+int getNextCharacter(char* pos) {
+    if (isLetter(*pos)) {
+        return _READ_IDENTIFIER_;           // continues to read the identifier
+    }
+    return _STOP_;                          // stopping the state machine in any other case
 }
 
 int readIdentifier(char* src) {
@@ -28,3 +31,17 @@ int readOperator(char* src) {
 int readPunctuation(char* src) {
     return _STOP_;                      // placeholder
 }
+
+int isLetter(char in) {
+    if (in >= 'A') {          // capital letters
+        if (in <= 'Z') {
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
+    if (in >= 'a') {          // non-capital letters
+        if (in <= 'z') {
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
+    return 0;               // returning 0 if it's no letter
+}
diff --git a/Exercise 3/Lexer.h b/Exercise 3/Lexer.h
index 3e6fbe7..8a99a5f 100644
--- a/Exercise 3/Lexer.h	
+++ b/Exercise 3/Lexer.h	
@@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ int readNumLit(char*);
 int readOperator(char*);
 int readPunctuation(char*);
 int main();
+int isLetter(char);