diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c7eb1b3..cd76ae7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -526,4 +526,6 @@ FodyWeavers.xsd
 
 doxygen/html
 [Bb][Uu][Ii][Ll][Dd]
-.ccls
\ No newline at end of file
+.ccls
+.vscode
+tests/test_error_out.txt
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0c56225..55ec589 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ set(ARCHEUS_STD_SOURCES
     src/std/hashtable.c
     src/std/io.c
     src/std/lexer.c
+    src/std/parser.c
     src/std/queue.c
     src/std/stack.c
     src/std/string.c
@@ -127,7 +128,8 @@ if(ARCHEUS_STD_TESTS)
         tests/test.c
 
         #tests/std/vector.c
-        tests/std/lexer.c
+        #tests/std/lexer.c
+        tests/std/parser.c
 
         ${ARCHEUS_STD_SOURCES}
     )
diff --git a/include/arc/std/lexer.h b/include/arc/std/lexer.h
index c94d768..b57fc78 100644
--- a/include/arc/std/lexer.h
+++ b/include/arc/std/lexer.h
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ typedef ARC_Bool (* ARC_LexerTokenRule_AutomataFn)(ARC_String **string, ARC_Stri
 */
 typedef void (* ARC_LexerTokenRule_DestroyAutomataDataFn)(void *automataData);
 
-
 /**
  * @brief a lexer token rule type
 */
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ typedef struct ARC_LexerTokenRule {
 /**
  * @brief creates an ARC_Lexer type
  *
- * @param[out] lexer
+ * @param[out] lexer ARC_Lexer to create
 */
 void ARC_Lexer_Create(ARC_Lexer **lexer);
 
diff --git a/include/arc/std/parser.h b/include/arc/std/parser.h
index e69de29..29331be 100644
--- a/include/arc/std/parser.h
+++ b/include/arc/std/parser.h
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#ifndef ARC_STD_PARSER_H_
+#define ARC_STD_PARSER_H_
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#include "arc/std/array.h"
+//#include "arc/std/bool.h"
+//#include "arc/std/lexer.h"
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+/**
+ * @brief a lexer type
+*/
+typedef struct ARC_Parser ARC_Parser;
+
+/**
+ * @brief a lexer type
+*/
+typedef struct ARC_ParserLanguageTag {
+  uint32_t tagId;
+
+  uint32_t **tokensOrTags;
+  uint32_t tokensOrTagsSize;
+} ARC_ParserLanguageTag;
+
+/**
+ * @brief creates an ARC_Parser type
+ *
+ * @TODO: probs want to move the note to another file
+ * @note array of tokens for langauge? like 
+ * ARC_ParserTag tag = {
+ *  VARIABLE_NAME, //tagId
+ *  {
+ *   { 2, CHAR_OR_NUM, VARIABLE_NAME },
+ *   { 1, LAMBDA },
+ *  }, //components
+ *  2 //componentsSize
+ * };
+ *
+ * @param[out] parser   ARC_Parser to create
+ * @param[in]  language an arry of ARC_ParserLanguageTags defining a langauge
+*/
+void ARC_Parser_Create(ARC_Parser **parser, ARC_Array *language);
+
+/**
+ * @brief destroys an ARC_Parser type
+ *
+ * @param[in] parser ARC_Parser to free
+*/
+void ARC_Parser_Destroy(ARC_Parser *parser);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif // !ARC_STD_PARSER_H_
diff --git a/src/std/parser.c b/src/std/parser.c
index e69de29..61699ad 100644
--- a/src/std/parser.c
+++ b/src/std/parser.c
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#include "arc/std/parser.h"
+#include "arc/std/lexer.h"
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+struct ARC_Parser {
+    ARC_Array language;
+
+    ARC_Lexer *lexer;
+};
+
+void ARC_Parser_Create(ARC_Parser **parser, ARC_Array *language){
+    *parser = (ARC_Parser *)malloc(sizeof(ARC_Parser));
+
+    //set the language size to 0 and data to NULL in case the language is NULL
+    (*parser)->language.size = 0;
+    (*parser)->language.data = NULL;
+
+    //if the language exists, copy the language
+    if(language != NULL){
+        (*parser)->language.size = language->size;
+        (*parser)->language.data = malloc(sizeof(ARC_ParserLanguageTag) * language->size);
+
+        memcpy((*parser)->language.data, language->data, language->size);
+    }
+
+    //create the lexer
+    ARC_Lexer_Create(&((*parser)->lexer));
+
+    //TODO: register instructions to the lexer
+    //TODO: probs want to pass in a callback for this
+}
+
+void ARC_Parser_Destroy(ARC_Parser *parser){
+    free(parser->language.data);
+
+    ARC_Lexer_Destroy(parser->lexer);
+
+    free(parser);
+}
diff --git a/tests/std/parser.c b/tests/std/parser.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a67599
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/std/parser.c
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#include "../test.h"
+#include "arc/std/parser.h"
+
+#define LAMBDA        0
+#define CHAR          1
+#define NUM           2
+#define CHAR_OR_NUM   3
+#define VARIABLE_NAME 4
+#define VARIABLE      5
+
+ARC_TEST(Lexer_Char_Match){
+    ARC_Parser *parser;
+
+    uint32_t *charOrNumTokens[]      = { (uint32_t[]){ 1, CHAR }, (uint32_t[]){ 1, NUM } };
+    uint32_t *variableNameTags[]     = { (uint32_t[]){ 2, CHAR_OR_NUM, VARIABLE_NAME }, (uint32_t[]){ 1, LAMBDA } };
+    uint32_t *variableTokensOrTags[] = { (uint32_t[]){ 2, CHAR, VARIABLE_NAME } };
+    ARC_ParserLanguageTag testTags[3] = {
+        {
+            CHAR_OR_NUM,     //tagId
+            charOrNumTokens, //tokensOrTags
+            2                //tokenOrTagsSize
+        },
+        {
+            VARIABLE_NAME,    //tagId
+            variableNameTags, //tokensOrTags
+            2                 //tokenOrTagsSize
+        },
+        {
+            VARIABLE,             //tagId
+            variableTokensOrTags, //tokensOrTags
+            1                     //tokenOrTagsSize
+        }
+    };
+
+    ARC_Array languageArray = {
+        3,       //size
+        testTags //data
+    };
+
+    ARC_Parser_Create(&parser, &languageArray);
+
+    ARC_Parser_Destroy(parser);
+
+    ARC_CHECK(1 == 1);
+}