diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+/target
+Cargo.lock
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
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+++ b/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "nek-lang"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/src/lexer.rs b/src/lexer.rs
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+use std::{iter::Peekable, str::Chars};
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum Token {
+    I64(i64),
+
+    Add,
+
+    Mul,
+}
+
+struct Lexer<'a> {
+    code: Peekable<Chars<'a>>,
+}
+
+impl<'a> Lexer<'a> {
+    fn new(code: &'a str) -> Self {
+        let code = code.chars().peekable();
+        Self { code }
+    }
+
+    fn lex(&mut self) -> Vec<Token> {
+        let mut tokens = Vec::new();
+
+        while let Some(ch) = self.next() {
+            match ch {
+                ' ' => (),
+                '0'..='9' => {
+                    let mut sval = String::from(ch);
+
+                    // Do as long as a next char exists and it is a numeric char
+                    while let Some('0'..='9') = self.peek() {
+                        // The next char is verified to be Some, so unwrap is safe
+                        sval.push(self.next().unwrap());
+                    }
+
+                    // TODO: We only added numeric chars to the string, but the conversion could still fail
+                    tokens.push(Token::I64(sval.parse().unwrap()));
+                }
+
+                '+' => tokens.push(Token::Add),
+                '*' => tokens.push(Token::Mul),
+                
+                //TODO: Don't panic, keep calm
+                _ => panic!("Lexer encountered unexpected char: '{}'", ch),
+
+            }
+        }
+        
+        tokens
+    }
+
+    /// Advance to next character and return the removed char
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<char> {
+        self.code.next()
+    }
+
+    /// Shows next character
+    fn peek(&mut self) -> Option<char> {
+        self.code.peek().copied()
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn lex(code: &str) -> Vec<Token> {
+    let mut lexer = Lexer::new(code);
+    lexer.lex()
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
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+pub mod lexer;
+
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
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+++ b/src/main.rs
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+use nek_lang::lexer::lex;
+
+
+fn main() {
+
+    let code = "33 +5*2";
+
+    let tokens = lex(code);
+
+    println!("{:?}", tokens);
+
+}