# File lib/syntax/lang/javascript.rb, line 23
    def step
      case
      when scan(/\s+/)
        start_group :normal, matched
      when scan(/\\u[0-9a-f]{4}/i)
        start_group :unicode, matched
      when scan(/0[xX][0-9A-Fa-f]+/)
        start_group :hex, matched
      when scan(/(?:0[0-7]+)(?![89.eEfF])/)
        start_group :oct, matched
      when scan(/(?:\d+)(?![.eEfF])/)
        start_group :integer, matched
      when scan(/\d[fF]?|\d*\.\d+(?:[eE][+-]?\d+)?[fF]?|\d+[eE][+-]?\d+[fF]?/)
        start_group :float, matched
      when (scan(/"(?:[^"\\]|\\.)*"/) or scan(/'(?:[^'\\]|\\.)*'/) )
        start_group :string, matched
      when scan(/[a-z_$][a-z_\d]*/i)
        if JAVASCRIPT_KEYWORDS.include?( matched )
          start_group :keyword, matched
        elsif JAVASCRIPT_PREDEFINED_TYPES.include?( matched )
          start_group :predefined_types, matched
        else
          start_group :ident, matched
        end
      when scan(%r! // [^\n\\]* (?: \\. [^\n\\]* )* | /\* (?: .*? \*/ | .* ) !mx)
        start_group :comment, matched
      else
        start_group :other, scan(/./x)
      end
    end