diff --git a/rust.mm b/rust.mm
index d61ac1f..d9c3aee 100644
--- a/rust.mm
+++ b/rust.mm
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ SInt32 skipWord(BBLMTextIterator &iter)
 
     while ((ch = iter.GetNextChar()))
     {
-        if (isalpha(ch) || ch == '_')
+        if (isalpha(ch) || ch == '_' || (length > 0 && isdigit(ch)))
         {
             length++;
         }