diff --git a/src/Chip8.OctoAsm/OctoLexer.cs b/src/Chip8.OctoAsm/OctoLexer.cs
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+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace Chip8.OctoAsm;
+
+public sealed class OctoLexer
+{
+    readonly string source;
+    int offset;
+    int line = 1;
+    int lineStart;
+
+    public OctoLexer(string source)
+    {
+        this.source = source;
+    }
+
+    public static List<OctoToken> tokenize(string source) => new OctoLexer(source).scan();
+
+    public List<OctoToken> scan()
+    {
+        var tokens = new List<OctoToken>();
+
+        while (offset < source.Length)
+        {
+            char c = source[offset];
+
+            if (c == '\n')
+            {
+                offset++;
+                line++;
+                lineStart = offset;
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if (c == '\r' || c == ' ' || c == '\t')
+            {
+                offset++;
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if (c == '#')
+            {
+                skipComment();
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if (isBracket(c))
+            {
+                tokens.Add(makeBracket(c));
+                offset++;
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            tokens.Add(scanWord());
+        }
+
+        tokens.Add(new OctoToken(OctoTokenKind.EndOfFile, "", 0, position()));
+        return tokens;
+    }
+
+    OctoToken scanWord()
+    {
+        SourcePosition start = position();
+        int begin = offset;
+
+        while (offset < source.Length && !isDelimiter(source[offset]))
+        {
+            offset++;
+        }
+
+        string text = source.Substring(begin, offset - begin);
+        if (tryParseNumber(text, out int value))
+        {
+            return new OctoToken(OctoTokenKind.Number, text, value, start);
+        }
+
+        return new OctoToken(OctoTokenKind.Word, text, 0, start);
+    }
+
+    OctoToken makeBracket(char c)
+    {
+        OctoTokenKind kind = c switch
+        {
+            '{' => OctoTokenKind.OpenBrace,
+            '}' => OctoTokenKind.CloseBrace,
+            '(' => OctoTokenKind.OpenParen,
+            _ => OctoTokenKind.CloseParen,
+        };
+        return new OctoToken(kind, c.ToString(), 0, position());
+    }
+
+    void skipComment()
+    {
+        while (offset < source.Length && source[offset] != '\n')
+        {
+            offset++;
+        }
+    }
+
+    SourcePosition position() => new(line, offset - lineStart + 1);
+
+    static bool isBracket(char c) => c == '{' || c == '}' || c == '(' || c == ')';
+
+    static bool isDelimiter(char c) =>
+        c == ' ' || c == '\t' || c == '\r' || c == '\n' || c == '#' || isBracket(c);
+
+    public static bool tryParseNumber(string text, out int value)
+    {
+        value = 0;
+        if (text.Length == 0)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        int index = 0;
+        bool negative = false;
+        if (text[0] == '-')
+        {
+            negative = true;
+            index = 1;
+        }
+
+        if (index >= text.Length)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        bool ok;
+        long magnitude;
+        if (hasPrefix(text, index, "0x") || hasPrefix(text, index, "0X"))
+        {
+            ok = parseRadix(text, index + 2, 16, out magnitude);
+        }
+        else if (hasPrefix(text, index, "0b") || hasPrefix(text, index, "0B"))
+        {
+            ok = parseRadix(text, index + 2, 2, out magnitude);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            ok = parseRadix(text, index, 10, out magnitude);
+        }
+
+        if (!ok)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        long signed = negative ? -magnitude : magnitude;
+        value = (int)signed;
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    static bool hasPrefix(string text, int index, string prefix) =>
+        index + prefix.Length <= text.Length && text.Substring(index, prefix.Length) == prefix;
+
+    static bool parseRadix(string text, int start, int radix, out long value)
+    {
+        value = 0;
+        if (start >= text.Length)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        for (int i = start; i < text.Length; i++)
+        {
+            int digit = digitValue(text[i]);
+            if (digit < 0 || digit >= radix)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            value = value * radix + digit;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    static int digitValue(char c)
+    {
+        if (c >= '0' && c <= '9')
+        {
+            return c - '0';
+        }
+        if (c >= 'a' && c <= 'f')
+        {
+            return c - 'a' + 10;
+        }
+        if (c >= 'A' && c <= 'F')
+        {
+            return c - 'A' + 10;
+        }
+        return -1;
+    }
+}