// Fill a line up to length LEN
<LP>[ \t]

        {  
	
// if the length of the word just read is less than the size of the line
// add the word to the output

	if (output.length() < LEN)
		{
		output = output + yytext();	
		}

// if the current output plus the word just read is more than the line, add a carriage return instead
	if (output.length() >= LEN) {System.out.println("\n");}
		
// print the output		
		System.out.println(output); 

}