RosettaCodeData/Task/Strip-comments-from-a-string/Python/strip-comments-from-a-string-2.py

import re

m = re.match(r'^([^#]*)#(.*)$', line)
if m:  # The line contains a hash / comment
    line = m.group(1)
June 2018 Update 2018-06-22 20:57:24 +00:00			`import re`
all tasks 2013-04-11 01:07:29 -07:00
June 2018 Update 2018-06-22 20:57:24 +00:00			`m = re.match(r'^([^#])#(.)$', line)`
			`if m: # The line contains a hash / comment`
			`line = m.group(1)`