diff --git a/lexer.h b/lexer.h
index f64d383..e34484b 100644
--- a/lexer.h
+++ b/lexer.h
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@ typedef enum {
   TOKEN_INTEGER,
   TOKEN_FLOAT,
   TOKEN_SPACE,
-  TOKEN_STRING,
+  TOKEN_STRING, // idx 5 
+  TOKEN_IDENTIFIER,
   TOKEN_MUL,
   TOKEN_DIV,
-  TOKEN_UNKNOWN,
+  TOKEN_UNKNOWN, // idx 9 
   TOKEN_EOF,
   TOKEN_NEWLINE,
   TOKEN_LPAREN,
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ typedef enum {
   BHV_NUMBER,
   BHV_STRING,
   BHV_FLOAT,
+  BHV_IDENT,
 } symbol_bhv;
 
 
@@ -152,28 +154,36 @@ size_t read_from_tok(Token *tok, const char *input, size_t cursor) {
     } else {
       token_push(tok, TOKEN_FLOAT, buf, BHV_FLOAT, cursor - start);
     }
-  } else if (isalpha(input[cursor])) {
+  }  else if (isalpha(input[cursor]) && input[cursor] == '"'){
+      cursor++;
+      while(isalpha(input[cursor]) != '"' && input[cursor] != '\0'){
+        buf[i++] = input[cursor++];
+    }
+    buf[i] = '\0';
+    if (input[cursor] == '"') cursor ++;
+    token_push(tok, TOKEN_STRING, buf, BHV_STRING, cursor - start);
+  } else if (isalpha(input[cursor])) { // should be after checking for strlit
     while (isalpha(input[cursor])) {
       buf[i++] = input[cursor++];
     }
     buf[i] = '\0';
-    token_push(tok, TOKEN_STRING, buf, BHV_STRING, cursor - start); 
+    token_push(tok, TOKEN_IDENTIFIER, buf, BHV_IDENT, cursor - start); 
     //refactor into separate function to use in parsing functions and definitions  
   } else {
-    buf[0] = input[cursor];
-    buf[1] = '\0';
-    switch (input[cursor]) {
-      case '+': token_push(tok, TOKEN_PLUS, "+", BHV_STACK, 1); break;
-      case '-': token_push(tok, TOKEN_MINUS, "-", BHV_STACK, 1); break;
-      case '*': token_push(tok, TOKEN_MUL, "*", BHV_STACK, 1); break;
-      case '/': token_push(tok, TOKEN_DIV, "/", BHV_STACK, 1); break;
-      case ' ': token_push(tok, TOKEN_SPACE, " ", BHV_UNDEFINED, 1); break;
-      case '\n': token_push(tok, TOKEN_NEWLINE, "\\n", BHV_UNDEFINED, 1); break;
-      case '(': token_push(tok, TOKEN_LPAREN, "(", BHV_STACK, 1); break;
-      case ')': token_push(tok, TOKEN_RPAREN, ")", BHV_STACK, 1); break;
-      case ',': token_push(tok, TOKEN_COMMA, ",", BHV_STACK, 1); break;
-      default: token_push(tok, TOKEN_UNKNOWN, buf, BHV_UNDEFINED, 1); break;
-    }
+      buf[0] = input[cursor];
+      buf[1] = '\0';
+      switch (input[cursor]) {
+        case '+': token_push(tok, TOKEN_PLUS, "+", BHV_STACK, 1); break;
+        case '-': token_push(tok, TOKEN_MINUS, "-", BHV_STACK, 1); break;
+        case '*': token_push(tok, TOKEN_MUL, "*", BHV_STACK, 1); break;
+        case '/': token_push(tok, TOKEN_DIV, "/", BHV_STACK, 1); break;
+        case ' ': token_push(tok, TOKEN_SPACE, " ", BHV_UNDEFINED, 1); break;
+        case '\n': token_push(tok, TOKEN_NEWLINE, "\\n", BHV_UNDEFINED, 1); break;
+        case '(': token_push(tok, TOKEN_LPAREN, "(", BHV_STACK, 1); break;
+        case ')': token_push(tok, TOKEN_RPAREN, ")", BHV_STACK, 1); break;
+        case ',': token_push(tok, TOKEN_COMMA, ",", BHV_STACK, 1); break;
+        default: token_push(tok, TOKEN_UNKNOWN, buf, BHV_UNDEFINED, 1); break;
+      }
     cursor++;
   }
 
diff --git a/parser3.c b/parser3.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..427a29e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parser3.c
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#include "./lexer.h"
+
+
+int main(void){
+  const char ts[] = "\"hello\" hi"; // = 3
+  Token tk = tokenize_all(ts);
+  for (size_t i=0; i<tk.size; ++i){
+    printf("TokenNum: %zu Type: %d Value: %s\n", i, tk.type[i], tk.text[i]);
+  }
+  // printf("token count: %zu\n", tk.size);
+}
diff --git a/simpleparser.c b/simpleparser.c
index cca676a..0fee2fc 100644
--- a/simpleparser.c
+++ b/simpleparser.c
@@ -72,16 +72,79 @@ void construct_nodes(ASTTree* a, Token t){
   a->size = nc;
 }
 
+
+// void eval(ASTTree *tree){
+//   for (size_t i=0; i<tree->size; ++i){
+//   ASTNode curr = tree->nodes[i];
+//   size_t n = tree->size;
+//   float total = 0.0f;
+//   switch (curr.node){
+//       case TOKEN_PLUS:
+//         if (tree->size > 1){
+//           for (size_t i=0; i<tree->size; ++i){
+//             total += atof(tree->nodes[i].left) + atof(tree->nodes[i].right);
+//           }
+//           // for (size_t i=0; i<n; i++ && n--){
+//           //   total -= 
+//           // }
+//         }
+//         for (size_t i=0; i<tree->size && (tree->size%i != 0); ++i){
+//           // total -= atof(tree->nodes[i].right); 
+//           printf("%zu\n", i);
+//         }
+        
+//         printf("%f\n", total);
+//         break;
+//       default:
+//         break;
+//     }
+//   }
+// }
+
+
+void eval(ASTTree* tree) {
+    if (!tree || !tree->nodes || tree->size == 0) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Invalid or empty ASTTree\n");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    float total = 0.0f;
+    int initialized = 0;
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < tree->size; ++i) {
+        ASTNode* curr = &tree->nodes[i];
+
+        switch (curr->node) {
+            case TOKEN_PLUS:
+                if (!initialized && curr->left) {
+                    total = atof(curr->left);
+                    initialized = 1;
+                }
+                if (curr->right)
+                    total += atof(curr->right);
+                break;
+
+
+            default:
+                fprintf(stderr, "Unknown token at node %zu\n", i);
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    printf("Result: %.2f\n", total);
+}
+
+
 int main(int argc, char** argv){
-  Token tokens = tokenize_all("1+2 3-4 1/2 2*7"); //invalid syntax
+  // Token tokens = tokenize_all("1+2 3-4 1/2 2*7"); //invalid syntax
+  Token tokens = tokenize_all("1+2+3+4"); //invalid syntax
   ASTTree tree = {0};
   construct_nodes(&tree, tokens);
-  printf("node count: %zu\n", tree.size);
-  for (size_t i=0; i<tree.size; ++i){
-    printf("op: %s, left: %s right: %s\n",
-          token_type_to_string(tree.nodes[i].node),
-          tree.nodes[i].left,
-          tree.nodes[i].right);
-  }
+  eval(&tree);
+  // for (size_t i=0; i<tree.size; ++i){
+  //   ASTNode curr = tree.nodes[i];
+  //   printf("token: %s\n", token_type_to_string(curr.node));
+  //   printf("left: %s right: %s\n", curr.left, curr.right);
+  // }
 }