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When we produce tokens, we produce the same arrays that Ripper does. However, we add a couple of convenience methods onto them to make them a little easier to work with. We delegate all other methods to the array.

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Instance Public methods

event()

The type of the token.

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# File ruby/lib/prism/lex_compat.rb, line 193
def event
  self[1]
end

location()

The location of the token in the source.

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# File ruby/lib/prism/lex_compat.rb, line 188
def location
  self[0]
end

state()

The state of the lexer when this token was produced.

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# File ruby/lib/prism/lex_compat.rb, line 203
def state
  self[3]
end

value()

The slice of the source that this token represents.

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# File ruby/lib/prism/lex_compat.rb, line 198
def value
  self[2]
end