%{ #define YY_USER_INIT open_input_file() extern FILE *yyin; void open_input_file(void) { char *file_name,buffer[1024]; yyin = NULL; while(yyin == NULL){ printf("Input file: "); file_name = fgets(buffer,1024,stdin); if(file_name){ file_name[strlen(file_name)-1] = '\0'; yyin = fopen(file_name,"r"); if(yyin == NULL){ printf("Unable to open \"%s\"\n",file_name); } } else { printf("stdin\n"); yyin = stdin; break; } } } %} %%