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// Compile
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flex american.l
g++ lex.yy.c -ll -Wno-deprecated

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// american.l
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%{ 
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int many = 0;
%}
 
%%
 
"colour" { printf("color"); many++; }
"flavour" { printf("flavor"); many++; }
 
%%
 
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
 yylex();
 cout << many << endl;
 return 1;
}