diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 16eddb8..f505fea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -171,6 +171,18 @@ waitUntil {condition};
 waitUntil {expression;condition};
 ```
 
+**code**
+
+The code function is used to compile inline code. This does **not** replace SQF compile buildin function, but will return the contained ASL code as SQF.
+
+```
+// input:
+var x = code("var y = 5;"); // pass as string
+
+// output:
+x = {y = 5;};
+```
+
 ## List of all keywords
 
 Keywords should not be used as identifiers. Here is a full list of all keywords in ASL. Remember that build in function names should not be used neither.
diff --git a/in/simple.asl b/in/simple.asl
index 268016e..d717c60 100644
--- a/in/simple.asl
+++ b/in/simple.asl
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
-switch x {
-    case 1:
-        x = 1;
-}
+var inline_code = code("var x = 5;");
diff --git a/src/asl/tokenizer.go b/src/asl/tokenizer.go
index f8890a5..3e720c5 100644
--- a/src/asl/tokenizer.go
+++ b/src/asl/tokenizer.go
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ var keywords = []string{
 	"try",
 	"catch",
 	"exitwith",
-	"waituntil"}
+	"waituntil",
+	"code"}
 
 var whitespace = []byte{' ', '\n', '\t', '\r'}
 var identifier = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789_"
diff --git a/src/asl/tokenizer_test.go b/src/asl/tokenizer_test.go
index 4b8c52e..42fae3f 100644
--- a/src/asl/tokenizer_test.go
+++ b/src/asl/tokenizer_test.go
@@ -77,6 +77,14 @@ func TestTokenizerIdentifier(t *testing.T) {
 	compareTokens(t, &got, &want)
 }
 
+func TestTokenizerInlineCode(t *testing.T) {
+	got := getTokens(t, "test/tokenizer_code.asl")
+	want := []string{"var", "x", "=", "code", "(", "\"var x = 5;\"", ")", ";"}
+
+	compareLength(t, &got, &want)
+	compareTokens(t, &got, &want)
+}
+
 func compareLength(t *testing.T, got *[]Token, want *[]string) {
 	if len(*got) != len(*want) {
 		t.Error("Length of tokens got and expected tokens not equal, was:")
diff --git a/test/tokenizer_code.asl b/test/tokenizer_code.asl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ffbb49d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tokenizer_code.asl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+var x = code("var x = 5;");