diff --git a/tests/test-grammar-parser.cpp b/tests/test-grammar-parser.cpp
index 91939e276..7422abfc2 100644
--- a/tests/test-grammar-parser.cpp
+++ b/tests/test-grammar-parser.cpp
@@ -7,28 +7,10 @@
 
 #include <cassert>
 
-int main()
-{
-    grammar_parser::parse_state parsed_grammar;
-
-    const char *grammar_bytes = R"""(root  ::= (expr "=" term "\n")+
-expr  ::= term ([-+*/] term)*
-term  ::= [0-9]+)""";
-
-    parsed_grammar = grammar_parser::parse(grammar_bytes);
-
-    std::vector<std::pair<std::string, uint32_t>> expected = {
-        {"expr", 2},
-        {"expr_5", 5},
-        {"expr_6", 6},
-        {"root", 0},
-        {"root_1", 1},
-        {"root_4", 4},
-        {"term", 3},
-        {"term_7", 7},
-    };
 
+static void verify_parsing(const char *grammar_bytes, const std::vector<std::pair<std::string, uint32_t>> expected, const std::vector<llama_grammar_element> &expected_rules) {
     uint32_t index = 0;
+    grammar_parser::parse_state parsed_grammar = grammar_parser::parse(grammar_bytes);
     for (auto it = parsed_grammar.symbol_ids.begin(); it != parsed_grammar.symbol_ids.end(); ++it)
     {
         std::string key = it->first;
@@ -47,7 +29,47 @@ term  ::= [0-9]+)""";
 
         index++;
     }
-    std::vector<llama_grammar_element> expected_rules = {
+
+    index = 0;
+    for (auto rule : parsed_grammar.rules)
+    {
+        // compare rule to expected rule
+        for (uint32_t i = 0; i < rule.size(); i++)
+        {
+            llama_grammar_element element = rule[i];
+            llama_grammar_element expected_element = expected_rules[index];
+
+            // pretty print error message before asserting
+            if (expected_element.type != element.type || expected_element.value != element.value)
+            {
+                fprintf(stderr, "index: %u\n", index);
+                fprintf(stderr, "expected_element: %d, %u\n", expected_element.type, expected_element.value);
+                fprintf(stderr, "actual_element: %d, %u\n", element.type, element.value);
+                fprintf(stderr, "expected_element != actual_element\n");
+            }
+
+            assert(expected_element.type == element.type && expected_element.value == element.value);
+            index++;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+int main()
+{
+    verify_parsing(R"""(
+        root  ::= (expr "=" term "\n")+
+        expr  ::= term ([-+*/] term)*
+        term  ::= [0-9]+
+    )""", {
+        {"expr", 2},
+        {"expr_5", 5},
+        {"expr_6", 6},
+        {"root", 0},
+        {"root_1", 1},
+        {"root_4", 4},
+        {"term", 3},
+        {"term_7", 7},
+    }, {
         {LLAMA_GRETYPE_RULE_REF, 4},
         {LLAMA_GRETYPE_END, 0},
         {LLAMA_GRETYPE_RULE_REF, 2},
@@ -82,43 +104,16 @@ term  ::= [0-9]+)""";
         {LLAMA_GRETYPE_CHAR, 48},
         {LLAMA_GRETYPE_CHAR_RNG_UPPER, 57},
         {LLAMA_GRETYPE_END, 0},
-    };
+    });
 
-    index = 0;
-    for (auto rule : parsed_grammar.rules)
-    {
-        // compare rule to expected rule
-        for (uint32_t i = 0; i < rule.size(); i++)
-        {
-            llama_grammar_element element = rule[i];
-            llama_grammar_element expected_element = expected_rules[index];
-
-            // pretty print error message before asserting
-            if (expected_element.type != element.type || expected_element.value != element.value)
-            {
-                fprintf(stderr, "index: %u\n", index);
-                fprintf(stderr, "expected_element: %d, %u\n", expected_element.type, expected_element.value);
-                fprintf(stderr, "actual_element: %d, %u\n", element.type, element.value);
-                fprintf(stderr, "expected_element != actual_element\n");
-            }
-
-            assert(expected_element.type == element.type && expected_element.value == element.value);
-            index++;
-        }
-    }
-
-    const char *longer_grammar_bytes = R"""(
-    root  ::= (expr "=" ws term "\n")+
-    expr  ::= term ([-+*/] term)*
-    term  ::= ident | num | "(" ws expr ")" ws
-    ident ::= [a-z] [a-z0-9_]* ws
-    num   ::= [0-9]+ ws
-    ws    ::= [ \t\n]*
-    )""";
-
-    parsed_grammar = grammar_parser::parse(longer_grammar_bytes);
-
-    expected = {
+    verify_parsing(R"""(
+        root  ::= (expr "=" ws term "\n")+
+        expr  ::= term ([-+*/] term)*
+        term  ::= ident | num | "(" ws expr ")" ws
+        ident ::= [a-z] [a-z0-9_]* ws
+        num   ::= [0-9]+ ws
+        ws    ::= [ \t\n]*
+    )""", {
         {"expr", 2},
         {"expr_6", 6},
         {"expr_7", 7},
@@ -132,28 +127,7 @@ term  ::= [0-9]+)""";
         {"term", 4},
         {"ws", 3},
         {"ws_12", 12},
-    };
-
-    index = 0;
-    for (auto it = parsed_grammar.symbol_ids.begin(); it != parsed_grammar.symbol_ids.end(); ++it)
-    {
-        std::string key = it->first;
-        uint32_t value = it->second;
-        std::pair<std::string, uint32_t> expected_pair = expected[index];
-
-        // pretty print error message before asserting
-        if (expected_pair.first != key || expected_pair.second != value)
-        {
-            fprintf(stderr, "expected_pair: %s, %u\n", expected_pair.first.c_str(), expected_pair.second);
-            fprintf(stderr, "actual_pair: %s, %u\n", key.c_str(), value);
-            fprintf(stderr, "expected_pair != actual_pair\n");
-        }
-
-        assert(expected_pair.first == key && expected_pair.second == value);
-
-        index++;
-    }
-    expected_rules = {
+    }, {
         {LLAMA_GRETYPE_RULE_REF, 5},
         {LLAMA_GRETYPE_END, 0},
         {LLAMA_GRETYPE_RULE_REF, 2},
@@ -221,30 +195,7 @@ term  ::= [0-9]+)""";
         {LLAMA_GRETYPE_RULE_REF, 12},
         {LLAMA_GRETYPE_ALT, 0},
         {LLAMA_GRETYPE_END, 0},
-    };
-
-    index = 0;
-    for (auto rule : parsed_grammar.rules)
-    {
-        // compare rule to expected rule
-        for (uint32_t i = 0; i < rule.size(); i++)
-        {
-            llama_grammar_element element = rule[i];
-            llama_grammar_element expected_element = expected_rules[index];
-
-            // pretty print error message before asserting
-            if (expected_element.type != element.type || expected_element.value != element.value)
-            {
-                fprintf(stderr, "index: %u\n", index);
-                fprintf(stderr, "expected_element: %d, %u\n", expected_element.type, expected_element.value);
-                fprintf(stderr, "actual_element: %d, %u\n", element.type, element.value);
-                fprintf(stderr, "expected_element != actual_element\n");
-            }
-
-            assert(expected_element.type == element.type && expected_element.value == element.value);
-            index++;
-        }
-    }
+    });
 
     return 0;
 }