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# token-stream
Take an array of token and produce a more useful API to give to a parser.
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## Installation
npm install token-stream
## Usage
```js
var TokenStream = require('token-stream');
var stream = new TokenStream([
'a',
'b',
'c',
'd'
]);
assert(stream.peek() === 'a');
assert(stream.lookahead(0) == 'a');
assert(stream.lookahead(1) == 'b');
assert(stream.advance() === 'a');
assert(stream.peek() === 'b');
assert(stream.lookahead(0) == 'b');
assert(stream.lookahead(1) == 'c');
stream.defer('z');
assert(stream.peek() === 'z');
assert(stream.lookahead(0) == 'z');
assert(stream.lookahead(1) == 'b');
assert(stream.advance() === 'z');
assert(stream.advance() === 'b');
assert(stream.advance() === 'c');
assert(stream.advance() === 'd');
// an error is thrown if you try and advance beyond the end of the stream
assert.throws(function () {
stream.adavance();
});
```
## API
### stream.peek()
Gets and returns the next item in the stream without advancing the stream's position.
### stream.advance()
Returns the next item in the stream and advances the stream by one item.
### stream.defer(token)
Put a token on the start of the stream (useful if you need to back track after calling advance.
### stream.lookahead(index)
Return the item at `index` position from the start of the stream, but don't advance the stream. `stream.lookahead(0)` is equivalent to `stream.peek()`.
## License
MIT