Alex Shneyderman asked: >what would be the v3 equivalent of for the following v2 rule: > >BR : '<'! "br" '>'! ; please see the wiki lexing FAQ entry which discusses removing quotes: http://www.antlr.org/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1461 or, in this case, simply: BR : '<br>' { setText("br"); } ; HTH -jbb